Paenibacillus edaphicus EM

Han, Ji Yeon, Lim, Oung Bin, Chea, So-Yi, Lee, Hyosun, Lee, Ki-Eun, Cha, In-Tae & Kim, Won-Jae Chi and Dong-Uk, 2022, A report on 20 unrecorded bacterial species of Korea isolated from soil in 2021, Journal of Species Research 11 (4), pp. 310-320 : 311

Description of Paenibacillus edaphicus EM 0662

Cells are Gram-stain-negative and rod-shaped. Cell size is 1.2-1.4 μm. Colonies are irregular, smooth, entire, and white pigmented after 3 days of incubation at 28°C on R2A. Positive for reduction of nitrates to nitrite (NO 3 ->NO 2 -), β -Glucosidase (esculin hydrolysis), β -Galac- tosidase (PNPG), D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, N -acetyl-D-glucosamine, and D-maltose in API 20NE; but negative for indole production, glucose acidification, arginine dihydrolase, urease, protease (gelatin hydrolysis), D-mannitol, gluconate, caprate, adipate, malate, citrate, and phenyl-acetate. Utilizes D-glucose, D-melibiose, L-fucose, D-sorbitol, L-arabinose, L-rhamnose, N -acetyl-D-glucosamine, D-ribose, D-sucrose, D-maltose, suberate, acetate, lactate, and glycogen; but does not utilize D-mannitol, salicin, propionate, caprate, valerate, citrate, L-histidine, 2-ketogluconate, 3-hydroxy-butyrate, 4-hy- droxy-benzoate, L-proline, inositol, itaconate, malonate, L-alanine, 5-ketogluconate, 3-hydroxy-benzoate, and L-serine. Enzymatic activity reaction was positive for alkaline phosphatase, esterase (C4), esterase lipase (C8), acid phosphatase, naphtol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase, β -galactosidase, α -glucosidase, and β -glucosidase in API ZYM; but negative for lipase (C14), leucine arylamidase, valine arylamidase, cystine arylamidase, trypsin, α -chy- motrypsin, α -galactosidase, β -glucuronidase, N -acetyl- β -glucosaminidase, α -mannosidase, and α -fucosidase. Strain EM0662 (= NIBRBAC000509126) was isolated from a forest soil sample, Seoul, Korea.