Genome mining reveals polysaccharide-degrading potential and new antimicrobial gene clusters of novel intestinal bacterium Paenibacillus jilinensis sp. nov.

Table 1 Phenotypic characteristics of the strain YPG26^T and type strains of phylogenetically related Paenibacillus species

Phenotypic characteristics	YPG26	1	2	3
isolation from	Chicken intestine	Soil	Soil	Shirakami Mountains
DNA G + C content (mol%)	49.3	49.5	52.8	43.9
Cell size (μm)	0.9–1.2 × 4.0–5.0	0.7–1.0 × 4.0–5.0	0.5–0.8 × 3–5	0.8 × 2–5
Gram staining	+	+	+	-
pH optimum (range)	7.0(5.0–8.0)	7.0 (6.0–9.0)	7.0 (4.5–9.0)	6.5(5.0–8.0)
Temperature (℃) optimum (range)	37(15–50)	37(15–45)	37(10–50)	25(4–35)
Growth at 5% NaCl	-	+	-	-
Anaerobic growth	+	+	-	-
Nitrate reduction	+	+	+	-
ONPG test	-	-	+	+
H₂S production	-	-	-	-
Utilization of glucose	+	+	-	+
Utilization of maltose	+	+	-	+
Hydrolysis of starch	+	ND	+	-
Catalase	+	+	+	+
Oxidase	+	+	+	+
Arginine dihydrolase	-	ND	ND	ND
Lysine decarboxylase	-	ND	ND	ND
Hydrolysis of urea	+	-	-	-

Type strains 1, Paenibacillus telluris PS38^T; 2, Paenibacillus chibensis JCM 9905^T; 3, Paenibacillus shirakamiensis P-1^T. Type strains result were taken from Lee et al. [12], Shida et al. [13], Tonouchi et al. [14], respectively. + positive, - negative, ND not detection

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