RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Shimoyama, Takefumi A1 Johari, Nurziha Binti A1 Tsuruya, Atsuki A1 Nair, Arun A1 Nakayama, ToruYR 2014 T1 Paenibacillusrelictisesami sp. nov., isolated from sesame oil cake JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 64 IS Pt_5 SP 1534 OP 1539 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.057133-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A facultatively anaerobic, Gram-stain-positive, rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain KB0549T, was isolated from sesame oil cake. Cells were motile, round-ended rods, and produced central or terminal spores. The cell wall peptidoglycan contained meso-diaminopimelic acid as the diamino acid. The major fatty acids were anteiso-C15 : 0 and anteiso-C17 : 0. The DNA G+C content of strain KB0549T was 51.9 mol%. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence phylogeny, strain KB0549T was affiliated with the genus Paenibacillus in the phylum Firmicutes and was most closely related to Paenibacillus cookii with 97.4 % sequence similarity. Strain KB0549T was physiologically differentiated from P. cookii by the high content of anteiso-C17 : 0, inability to grow at 50 °C, spore position, and negative Voges–Proskauer reaction. Based on these unique physiological and phylogenetic characteristics, it is proposed that the isolate represents a novel species, Paenibacillus relictisesami sp. nov.; the type strain is KB0549T ( = JCM 18068T = DSM 25385T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.057133-0