Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characterisics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Firmicutes, Class Bacilli, Order Bacillales, Family Paenibacillaceae, Genus Paenibacillus, Paenibacillus panacisoli Ten,
Baek, Im, Lee, Oh and Lee 2006.
Gram-positive, motile rods, 0.4–0.6 x 2–5 μm. Produce subterminal, ellipsoidal spore
in swollen sporangium.
Colonies are convex, irregular, undulate, slightly yellowish, non-glossy, 0.5-1.0 mm in
diam. after 1 day on R2A medium. No growth occurs on TSA, MacConkey or nutrient
agar. Aerobic and anaerobic growth. Growth temperature 15-20 to 42-45 ºC, optimum
37 ºC. Grow in 2 and 5% NaCl, but not in 7% NaCl. Grow at pH 4.5-5 to 8.5-9;
optimum 6.5.
Isolated from soil of a ginseng field of Pocheon Province, South Korea.
Undetermined.
- Priest F.G., 2009. Genus I. Paenibacillus Ash, Priest and Collins 1994. In: (Eds.) P.D. Vos, G. Garrity, D. Jones, N.R. Krieg, W.
Ludwig, F.A. Rainey, K.-H. Schleifer, W.B. Whitman. Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume 3: The Firmicutes,
Springer, 269-295.
- Ten L.N., Baek S.-H., Im W.-T., Lee M., Oh H.W. and Lee S.-T. Paenibacillus panacisoli sp. nov., a xylanolytic bacterium isolated from
soil in a ginseng field in South Korea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2677-2681.
Positive results for catalase, hydrolysis of casein (weak), hydrolysis of gelatin,
hydrolysis of xylan, nitrate reduction, oxidase, tryptophan deaminase, acid production
from: L-arabinose (weak) & D-mannitol.
Negative results for arginine dihydrolase, lysine decarboxylase, ornithine decarboxylase, citrate utilization, DN-ase, dihydroxyacetone
production, beta-galactosidase, hydrolysis of cellulose, hydrolysis of chitin, hydrolysis of esculin, hydrolysis of starch, hydrolysis of
urea, H2S production, indole production, Voges-Proskauer, acid production from: amygdalin, D-glucose, inositol, melibiose (weak),
rhamnose, sorbitol & sucrose.
(c) Costin Stoica