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Phylum Firmicutes, Class Bacilli, Order Bacillales, Family Paenibacillaceae, Genus Paenibacillus, Paenibacillus urinalis Roux,
Fenner and Raoult 2008.
Description is based on a single isolate.
Gram-negative, motile by peritrichous flagella, straight rods, 0.75-1.2 x 1.8-4.6 μm.
Spore is swelling the sporangium.
Colonies are greyish, smooth, shiny and up to 5 mm in diameter after 24 hours on
sheep-blood agar. Aerobic and anaerobic growth. Optimum growth temperature
30-37 ºC. Can grow in 5% NaCl.
Isolated from a human urine sample. Sensitive to amoxicillin, gentamicin, trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole, rifampicine, vancomycin,
fusidic acid & teicoplanin. Resistant to oxacilin, fosfomycin, clindamycin & pristinamycin.
Isolated from a human urine sample.
- Roux V., Fenner L. and Raoult D., 2008. Paenibacillus provencensis sp. nov., isolated from human cerebrospinal fluid, and
Paenibacillus urinalis sp. nov., isolated from human urine. IJSEM 58, 682-687.
Positive results for catalase, beta-galactosidase, hydrolysis of esculin, acid production
from: N-acetylglucosamine, aesculin, amygdalin, L-arabinose, arbutin, cellobiose, galactose, beta-gentiobiose (wedak), gluconate
(weak), D-glucose, lactose, maltose, D-mannitol, mannose, melibiose, raffinose, ribose, salicin, starch, sucrose and D-xylose.
Negative results for hydrolysis of urea, oxidase, nitrate reduction, hydrolysis of gelatin, Voges-Proskauer, arginine dihydrolase, indole
production, acid production from: adonitol, D-arabinose, arabitol, dulcitol, erythritol, fructose, D- or L-fucose, glycerol, glycogen,
inositol, inulin, 2- or 5-ketogluconate, lyxose, melezitose, rhamnose, sorbitol, sorbose, tagatose, trehalose, turanose and xylitol.
(c) Costin Stoica