Paenibacillus macerans (DSM 357, CCM 1610, CCUG 26009)

Name: Paenibacillus macerans (DSM 357, CCM 1610, CCUG 26009)
Creator: BacDive
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BacDive ID 11472

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 357 CCM 1610 CCUG 26009 LMG 6325 CN 1013

NCBI tax ID(s) 44252

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG

History <- CCM <- H. Proom, CN1013

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Paenibacillus macerans DSM 357 is a mesophilic prokaryote of the family Paenibacillaceae.

mesophilic

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 1148

LMG 6325,CCM 1610,DSM 357,NCFB 1139,CCUG 26009,NCDO 1139,NCIMB 701139

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:49:36

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Caryophanales

Family Paenibacillaceae

Genus Paenibacillus

Species Paenibacillus macerans

Full scientific name Paenibacillus macerans (Schardinger 1905) Ash et al. 1994

Synonyms (3)

Paenibacillus thermophilus
"Aerobacillus macerans"
Bacillus macerans

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Paenibacillus macerans** (9)	Type strain
11475	P. macerans 888, NRS-888, DSM 24, ATCC 8244, CCM 2012, ... (type strain)
11473	P. macerans CCUG 26010, LMG 6402, DSM 1574, IAM 1243, ...
11474	P. macerans 8276, 8275, DSM 2892, ATCC 7069, CIP 52.82, ...
11663	P. macerans WP-1, DSM 24746, CCTCC AB 2011115, CIP 110636, ...
136067	P. macerans 231-86, CIP 102268
137751	P. macerans CIP 51.23
150419	P. macerans CCUG 39867
153498	P. macerans CCUG 49775
161343	P. macerans JCM 13340

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
148	NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Peptone 5.0 g/l Meat extract 3.0 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
148	positive	growth	30	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68371	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68368	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	+	fermentation	from API 20E
68371	18305 ChEBI	arbutin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68368	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API 20E
68371	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68368	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	assimilation	from API 20E
68371	17108 ChEBI	D-arabinose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28847 ChEBI	D-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68368	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	fermentation	from API 20E
68371	62318 ChEBI	D-lyxose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68368	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	+	fermentation	from API 20E
68371	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16443 ChEBI	D-tagatose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68368	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20E
68371	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15443 ChEBI	inulin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68368	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	+	fermentation	from API 20E
68371	18403 ChEBI	L-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18287 ChEBI	L-fucose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68368	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	+	fermentation	from API 20E
68371	17266 ChEBI	L-sorbose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	65328 ChEBI	L-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68368	25094 ChEBI	lysine	-	degradation	from API 20E
68371	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68368	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	+	fermentation	from API 20E
68371	320061 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	43943 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-mannoside	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	74863 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68368	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	fermentation	from API 20E
68371	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68368	18257 ChEBI	ornithine	-	degradation	from API 20E
68371		Potassium 2-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371		Potassium 5-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17814 ChEBI	salicin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68368	30911 ChEBI	sorbitol	+	fermentation	from API 20E
68371	28017 ChEBI	starch	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68368	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	fermentation	from API 20E
68371	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68368	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API 20E
68371	32528 ChEBI	turanose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68368	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API 20E
68371	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite
68368	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	from API 20E
68368	16136 ChEBI	hydrogen sulfide	from API 20E
68368	35581 ChEBI	indole	from API 20E

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Indole test
68368	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-		from API 20E
68368	35581 ChEBI	indole		-	from API 20E

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68368	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API 20E
68368	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API 20E
68368	gelatinase	-		from API 20E
68368	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18	from API 20E
68368	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17	from API 20E
68368	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1	from API 20E
68368	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API 20E

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	100	3 of 3
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	100	3 of 3
66794	threonine metabolism	100	10 of 10
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	glycogen metabolism	100	5 of 5
66794	ceramide biosynthesis	100	1 of 1
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	ethanol fermentation	100	2 of 2
66794	adipate degradation	100	2 of 2
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	metabolism of amino sugars and derivatives	100	5 of 5
66794	NAD metabolism	100	18 of 18
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	100	5 of 5
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	ribulose monophosphate pathway	100	2 of 2
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	100	11 of 11
66794	kanosamine biosynthesis II	100	2 of 2
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	95.45	21 of 22
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	92.86	13 of 14
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	92.31	12 of 13
66794	starch degradation	90	9 of 10
66794	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	d-mannose degradation	88.89	8 of 9
66794	valine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	86.67	39 of 45
66794	heme metabolism	85.71	12 of 14
66794	citric acid cycle	85.71	12 of 14
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	85.71	6 of 7
66794	photosynthesis	85.71	12 of 14
66794	propanol degradation	85.71	6 of 7
66794	purine metabolism	85.11	80 of 94
66794	1,4-dihydroxy-6-naphthoate biosynthesis	83.33	5 of 6
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	82.14	23 of 28
66794	proline metabolism	81.82	9 of 11
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	81.25	13 of 16
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	80	8 of 10
66794	cellulose degradation	80	4 of 5
66794	degradation of sugar acids	80	20 of 25
66794	flavin biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	serine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	77.78	7 of 9
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	77.78	7 of 9
66794	methionine metabolism	76.92	20 of 26
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	76.92	10 of 13
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	75	6 of 8
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	75	6 of 8
66794	butanoate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	acetate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	75	6 of 8
66794	isoleucine metabolism	75	6 of 8
66794	gluconeogenesis	75	6 of 8
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	75	9 of 12
66794	degradation of pentoses	75	21 of 28
66794	polyamine pathway	73.91	17 of 23
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	72.73	8 of 11
66794	degradation of hexoses	72.22	13 of 18
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	71.43	5 of 7
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	71.43	5 of 7
66794	non-pathway related	71.05	27 of 38
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	70.33	64 of 91
66794	myo-inositol biosynthesis	70	7 of 10
66794	coenzyme M biosynthesis	70	7 of 10
66794	alanine metabolism	68.97	20 of 29
66794	methane metabolism	66.67	2 of 3
66794	octane oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	acetoin degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	cyanate degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	IAA biosynthesis	66.67	2 of 3
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	66.67	4 of 6
66794	glycolysis	64.71	11 of 17
66794	d-xylose degradation	63.64	7 of 11
66794	metabolism of disaccharids	63.64	7 of 11
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	leucine metabolism	61.54	8 of 13
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	61.54	16 of 26
66794	sulfate reduction	61.54	8 of 13
66794	lipid metabolism	61.29	19 of 31
66794	hydrogen production	60	3 of 5
66794	factor 420 biosynthesis	60	3 of 5
66794	glycine betaine biosynthesis	60	3 of 5
66794	vitamin K metabolism	60	3 of 5
66794	lysine metabolism	59.52	25 of 42
66794	histidine metabolism	58.62	17 of 29
66794	arginine metabolism	58.33	14 of 24
66794	tryptophan metabolism	57.89	22 of 38
66794	glutathione metabolism	57.14	8 of 14
66794	cysteine metabolism	55.56	10 of 18
66794	nitrate assimilation	55.56	5 of 9
66794	allantoin degradation	55.56	5 of 9
66794	ascorbate metabolism	54.55	12 of 22
66794	urea cycle	53.85	7 of 13
66794	glycine metabolism	50	5 of 10
66794	pantothenate biosynthesis	50	3 of 6
66794	aminopropanol phosphate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	toluene degradation	50	2 of 4
66794	biotin biosynthesis	50	2 of 4
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	50	3 of 6
66794	quinate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	dolichol and dolichyl phosphate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	phenylpropanoid biosynthesis	46.15	6 of 13
66794	phenol degradation	45	9 of 20
66794	4-hydroxymandelate degradation	44.44	4 of 9
66794	androgen and estrogen metabolism	43.75	7 of 16
66794	3-chlorocatechol degradation	40	2 of 5
66794	propionate fermentation	40	4 of 10
66794	creatinine degradation	40	2 of 5
66794	O-antigen biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	3-phenylpropionate degradation	40	6 of 15
66794	gallate degradation	40	2 of 5
66794	4-hydroxyphenylacetate degradation	40	4 of 10
66794	tyrosine metabolism	35.71	5 of 14
66794	chlorophyll metabolism	33.33	6 of 18
66794	sulfoquinovose degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	(5R)-carbapenem carboxylate biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	33.33	3 of 9
66794	sphingosine metabolism	33.33	2 of 6
66794	arachidonic acid metabolism	33.33	6 of 18
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	phosphatidylethanolamine bioynthesis	30.77	4 of 13
66794	vitamin B12 metabolism	29.41	10 of 34
66794	mevalonate metabolism	28.57	2 of 7
66794	benzoyl-CoA degradation	28.57	2 of 7
66794	aclacinomycin biosynthesis	28.57	2 of 7
66794	dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide biosynthesis	27.27	3 of 11
66794	cholesterol biosynthesis	27.27	3 of 11
66794	lactate fermentation	25	1 of 4
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	methanogenesis from CO2	25	3 of 12
66794	alginate biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
66794	vitamin E metabolism	25	1 of 4
66794	carnitine metabolism	25	2 of 8

API 20E

@ref	ONPG	ADH (Arg)	LDC (Lys)	ODC	CIT	H2S productionH2S	URE	TDA (Trp)	IND	Acetoin production (Voges Proskauer test)VP	GEL	GLU	MAN	INO	Sor	RHA	SAC	MEL	AMY	ARA	OX	Nitrite productionNO2	Reduction to N2N2	MotilityMOB	Growth on MacConkey mediumMAC	OF-O	OF-F
48337	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.

API 50CHac

@ref	ControlQ	GLY	ERY	DARA	LARA	RIB	DXYL	LXYL	ADO	MDX	GAL	GLU	FRU	MNE	SBE	RHA	DUL	INO	MAN	SOR	MDM	MDG	NAG	AMY	ARB	ESC	SAL	CEL	MAL	LAC	MEL	SAC	TRE	INU	MLZ	RAF	AMD	GLYG	XLT	GEN	TUR	LYX	TAG	DFUC	LFUC	DARL	LARL	GNT	2KG	5KG
48337	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
148	yes, in single cases	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#148	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 357
#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )
#48337	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 26009
#66794	Antje Chang, Lisa Jeske, Sandra Ulbrich, Julia Hofmann, Julia Koblitz, Ida Schomburg, Meina Neumann-Schaal, Dieter Jahn, Dietmar Schomburg: BRENDA, the ELIXIR core data resource in 2021: new developments and updates. Nucleic Acids Res. 49: D498 - D508 2020 ( DOI 10.1093/nar/gkaa1025 , PubMed 33211880 )
#68368	Automatically annotated from API 20E .
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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