@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001779, author = "Kämpfer, Peter and Busse, Hans-Jürgen and McInroy, John A. and Hu, Chia-Hui and Kloepper, Joseph W. and Glaeser, Stefanie P.", title = "Paenibacillus rhizoplanae sp. nov., isolated from the rhizosphere of Zea mays", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2017", volume = "67", number = "4", pages = "1058-1063", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001779", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001779", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "plant associated", keywords = "endophyte", keywords = "Zea mays", keywords = "Paenibacillus rhizoplanae", keywords = "taxonomy", abstract = "A Gram-stain-positive, aerobic, endospore-forming bacterial strain isolated from the rhizosphere of Zea mays was studied to determine its detailed taxonomic position. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity comparisons, strain JJ-64T was shown to be a member of the genus Paenibacillus , most closely related to the type strains of Paenibacillus silagei (99 %) and Paenibacillus borealis (97.5 %). 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to all other Paenibacillus species was ≤97.5 %. DNA–DNA hybridization values to the type strains of P. silagei and P. borealis were 51 % (reciprocal 25 %) and 31 % (reciprocal 37 %), respectively. The presence of meso-diaminopimelic acid as the diagnostic diamino acid of the peptidoglycan, the major quinone MK-7 and the polyamine pattern with spermidine as the major component were well in line with the characteristics of the genus Paenibacillus . Furthermore, the polar lipid profile of strain JJ-64T with the predominant lipids diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylserine and two unidentified aminophospholipids reflected the close phylogenetic relatedness to P. silagei . Major fatty acids were iso- and anteiso-branched components. Physiological and biochemical characteristics allowed the further phenotypic differentiation of strain JJ-64T from the most closely related species. Thus, strain JJ-64T represents a novel species of the genus Paenibacillus , for which the name Paenibacillus rhizoplanae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is JJ-64T (=LMG 29875T=CCM 8725T).", }