RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Li, Jibing A1 Lu, Qin A1 Liu, Ting A1 Zhou, Shungui A1 Yang, Guiqin A1 Zhao, YongYR 2014 T1 Paenibacillus guangzhouensis sp. nov., an Fe(III)- and humus-reducing bacterium from a forest soil JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 64 IS Pt_11 SP 3891 OP 3896 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.067173-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-reaction-variable, rod-shaped, motile, facultatively aerobic and endospore-forming bacterium, designated strain GSS02T, was isolated from a forest soil. Strain GSS02T was capable of reducing humic substances and Fe(III) oxides. Strain GSS02T grew optimally at 35 °C, at pH 78 and in the presence of 1 % NaCl. The predominant menaquinone was MK-7. The major cellular fatty acids were anteiso-C15 : 0 and iso-C16 : 0 and the polar lipid profile contained mainly phosphatidylethanolamine, diphosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylglycerol, with moderate amounts of two unknown aminophospholipids and a minor amount of one unknown lipid. The DNA G+C content was 53.4 mol%. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that strain GSS02T was related most closely to Paenibacillus terrigena JCM 21741T (98.1 % similarity). Mean DNA–DNA relatedness between strain GSS02T and P. terrigena JCM 21741T was 58.8±0.5 %. The phylogenetic, chemotaxonomic and phenotypic results clearly demonstrated that strain GSS02T belongs to the genus Paenibacillus and represents a novel species, for which the name Paenibacillus guangzhouensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is GSS02T ( = KCTC 33171T = CCTCC AB 2013236T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.067173-0