Paenibacillus peoriae Rk

Han, Ji-Hye, Joung, Yochan, Kim, Tae-Su, Bae, Jin-Woo, Cha, Chang-Jun, Chun, Jongsik, Im, Wan-Taek, Jahng, Kwang Yeop, Jeon, Che Ok, Joh, Kiseong, Seong, Chi Nam, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Cho, Jang-Cheon & Kim, Seung Bum, 2015, Report on 24 unrecorded bacterial species of Korea belonging to the phylum Firmicutes, Journal of Species Research 4 (2), pp. 127-136 : 134

Description of Paenibacillus peoriae Rk 5-7 B

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, nonpigmented, and rod­shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, and yellow­colored after 3 days of incubation on VXG at 25°C. Based on API 20NE, positive for glucose fermentation, esculin hydrolysis, gelatinase, and β ­galactosidase, but negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, arginine dihydrolase, and urease. D­Glucose, L­arabinose, D­mannose, D­mannitol and D­maltose are utilized. Does not utilize N ­acetyl­glucosamine, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate, and phenylacetic acid Strain Rk5­7_B (= NIBRBA0000113947) was isolated from ginseng cultivation soil, Anseong, Korea.