@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.025056-0, author = "Jin, Hao-Jie and Zhou, Yu-Guang and Liu, Hong-Can and Chen, San-Feng", title = "Paenibacillus jilunlii sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing species isolated from the rhizosphere of Begonia semperflorens", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2011", volume = "61", number = "6", pages = "1350-1355", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.025056-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.025056-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "A nitrogen-fixing bacterium, designated strain Be17T, was isolated from rhizosphere soil of Begonia semperflorens planted in Beijing Botanical Garden, PR China. Phylogenetic analyses based on a segment of the nifH gene sequence and a full-length 16S rRNA gene sequence revealed that strain Be17T was a member of the genus Paenibacillus. High levels of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity were found between strain Be17T and Paenibacillus graminis RSA19T (97.9 %), Paenibacillus sonchi LMG 24727T (97.8 %), Paenibacillus riograndensis CECT 7330T (96.2 %) and Paenibacillus borealis DSM 13188T (96.1 %), respectively. Levels of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity between strain Be17T and the type strains of other recognized members of the genus Paenibacillus were below 96.0 %. However, the DNA–DNA hybridization values between strain Be17T and P. graminis RSA19T, P. sonchi LMG 24727T and P. riograndensis CECT 7330T were 47.9 %, 38.7 % and 37.5 %, respectively. The DNA G+C content of strain Be17T was 52.9 mol%. The major fatty acid component of strain Be17T was anteiso-branched C15 : 0 (30.92 %). The major isoprenoid quinone was MK-7. The cell-wall peptidoglycan contained meso-diaminopimelic acid as the diagnostic diamino acid. On the basis of its phenotypic characteristics, 16S rRNA gene sequences, DNA G+C content, DNA–DNA relatedness, chemotaxonomic properties and nifH gene sequence, strain Be17T represents a nitrogen-fixing strain of a novel species of the genus Paenibacillus, for which the name Paenibacillus jilunlii sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is Be17T ( = CGMCC 1.10239T = DSM 23019T).", }