Paenibacillus macquariensis
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Bacteria => Firmicutes => Bacilli => Bacillales => Paenibacillaceae => Paenibacillus => Paenibacillus macquariensis  (Marshall and
Ohye 1966) Ash et al.1994.
Synonym:
Bacillus macquariensis  Marshall and Ohye 1966.
Gram positive, 0.5-0.7/ 2.0-4.5 μm, motile bacillus.
Spores: ellipsoidal, subterminal or terminal,  swelling the sporangium.
-maximum temperature 25-35 ºC; minimum temperature 0-3 ºC
-growth in anaerobic agar
-no growth in  5% NaCl  
-no growth in  10% NaCl
-no growth at 5.7 pH.
Isolated from soil from Macquarie Island (subantarctic).
Unknown (none).
  1. Gordon R.E., Haynes W.C., Pang C.H. (1973) – The genus Bacillus . Agriculture Handbook No. 427, U.S.D.A., Washington D.C.
  2. Buchanan R.E., Gibbons N.E., Cowan S.T., Holt J.G., Liston J., Murray R.G.E., Niven C.F., Ravin A.W., Stanier R.W. ( 1974) –
    Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, Eight Edition, The Williams & Wilkins Company, Baltimore.
Catalase +
Acid from glucose +, mannitol +, arabinose -, xylose +  
Starch hydrolysis +
Reduction of nitrate to nitrite -
Decomposition of casein  -
Decomposition of tyrosine -
Voges-Proskauer -
Resistance to lysozyme  -
Citrate utilization  -
Indole -
Deamination of phenylalanine -
(c) Costin Stoica
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