Paenibacillus profundus HC

Kang, Heeyoung, Kim, Haneul, Bae, Jin-Woo, Lee, Soon Dong, Kim, Wonyong, Kim, Myung Kyum, Cha, Chang-Jun, Yi, Hana, Im, Wan-Taek, Kim, Seung Bum & Joh, Chi Nam Seong and Kiseong, 2019, A report of 38 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea within the classes Bacilli and Deinococci isolated from various sources, Journal of Species Research 8 (2), pp. 176-190 : 185

Description of Paenibacillus profundus HC _63

Cells are Gram-stain-positive and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, flat and, cream colored after incubation for three days on R2 A at 30℃. Oxidase activity is weak positive. Aesculin hydrolyzed. Enzyme activity for urease, gelatinase and β -galactosidase is positive. Enzyme activity for arginine dihydrolase is negative. D-Glucose, N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, potassium gluconate, and trisodium citrate are assimilated. L-Arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, and phenylacetic acid are not assimilated. Nitrate is not reduced to nitrite. Indole is not produced. Glucose is fermented. Strain HC _63 (= NIBRBAC000501068) was isolated from a mud sample, Hwacheon, Republic of Korea (38°01 ʹ 53.0 ʺ N 127°38 ʹ 41.3 ʺ E) .