Paenibacillus arachidis
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Phylum Bacillota (Firmicutes), Class Bacilli, Order Caryophanales, Family Paenibacillaceae, Genus Paenibacillus, Paenibacillus
arachidis
Sadaf et al. 2016.
Species description is based on a single isolate.
Gram-positive rods, , 0.5-0.7 x1.4-1.7 µm, endospore-forming. Motile.
Colonies on Luria-Bertani media are white. Optimum growth occurrs at 30 ºC (range
30-40 ºC). NaCl is not required for growth, it could tolerate up to 2%. Facultatively
anaerobic.
The type strain was isolated from soil in Thailand.
Undetermined.
  1. Sadaf K, Tushar L, Nirosha P, Podile AR, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Paenibacillus arachidis sp. nov., isolated from groundnut
    seeds. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2923-2928.
Positive results for acid phosphatase, ammonification, catalase, chitinase, esterase, beta-galactosidase, alpha-glucosidase, gelatin
hydrolysis, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase, starch hydrolysis and urease.
Can utilize D-fructose, D-ribose, sucrose, starch, trehalose dehydrate, N-acetylglucosamine, D-glucose, sodium pyruvate and
D-sorbitol.

Negative results for alkaline phosphatase, citrate utilization, cystine arylamidase, esterase lipase (C8), alpha-fucosidase,
alpha-galactosidase, beta-glucuronidase, indole production, beta-glucosidase, lipase (C4), leucine arylamidase,
alpha-mannosidase, methyl red test, trypsin, alpha-chymotrypsin, valine arylamidase and Voges-Proskauer test .
No utilization of L-rhamnose, inositol, D-mannitol, maltose or maleic acid.
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