Journal article

Publication year: 2003

Pages: 1369-1374

Journal: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volume number: 53

Issue number: 5

ISSN: 1466-5026

eISSN: 1466-5034

Open access status: Bronze

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02277-0

Publisher: Microbiology Society

Abstract: 
The microflora isolated from food-packaging board is dominated by paenibacilli; a number of these micro-organisms have been characterized using a polyphasic approach. The highest 16S rRNA gene similarity was found between these isolates and Paenibacillus azotofixans ATCC 35681(T) (97.7 %). The main fatty acid of the paperboard isolates was C(16 : 0) (34-45 %); straight-chain fatty acids made up 41-60 % of the total cellular fatty acids, thus distinguishing these strains from other Paenibacillus species. The paperboard isolates produced cyclodextrins from starch. The spore surface had a characteristic ribbed ornamentation. Spores and vegetative cells frequently had pilus-like appendages. Based on phylogenetic data and phenotypic and chemotaxonomic characteristics, it is proposed that the isolates represent a novel species, Paenibacillus stellifer sp. nov., with IS 1(T) (=DSM 14472(T)=CCUG 45566(T)) as the type strain.

Harvard Citation style: Suominen, I., Spröer, C., Kämpfer, P., Rainey, F., Lounatmaa, K. and Salkinoja-Salonen, M. (2003) Paenibacillus stellifer sp. nov., a cyclodextrin-producing species isolated from paperboard., International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 53(5), pp. 1369-1374. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02277-0

APA Citation style: Suominen, I., Spröer, C., Kämpfer, P., Rainey, F., Lounatmaa, K., & Salkinoja-Salonen, M. (2003). Paenibacillus stellifer sp. nov., a cyclodextrin-producing species isolated from paperboard.. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 53(5), 1369-1374. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02277-0