Paenibacillus macerans (DSM 24, ATCC 8244, CCM 2012)

Name: Paenibacillus macerans (DSM 24, ATCC 8244, CCM 2012)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 11475

Type strain

Strain Designation 888, NRS-888

Culture col. no. DSM 24 ATCC 8244 CCM 2012 CIP 66.19 IAM 12467 23 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1349781 44252

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM KCTC CIP

History DSMZ <- ATCC <- N.R. Smith, 888 <- J.R. Porter <- E. Pribram <- F. Schardinger JCM <-- CCM 2012 <-- R. E. Gordon. CIP <- 2013, DSMZ <- ATCC <- N.R. Smith: strain NRS-888 <- 1940, J. Porter <- E. Pribram <- F. Schardinger

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Paenibacillus macerans 888 is an aerobe, spore-forming, Gram-negative bacterium of the family Paenibacillaceae.

spore-forming Gram-negative motile rod-shaped aerobe genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 1147

LMG 6324,ATCC 8244,CCM 2012,CCUG 7423,CECT 19,DSM 24,IAM 1227,IAM 12467,JCM 2500,LMG 13281,NCFB 1764,NCIMB 9368,NCTC 6355,NBIMCC 2214,NCIB 9368,NCDO 1764,CCRC 14680,IFO 15307,KCTC 1822,VKM B-506,CIP 66.19,LMD 48.19,VTT E-81138,NBRC 15307,NRRL B-172,NRRL B-394,NRRL B-4267,NCCB 48019,HAMBI 636,HAMBI 1958,BCRC 14680,CFBP 4253,CCT 2475,CCT 0573,NRRL NRS-888,NCAIM B.01948,NCIM 2131

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Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:27:34

Domain Bacteria

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** (10)	Type strain
11472	P. macerans DSM 357, CCM 1610, CCUG 26009, LMG 6325, ...
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
179135	P. macerans IMET 10847, STI10847

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
120735	negative	rod-shaped

Colony morphology

120735

Hemolysis ability0

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
36542	MEDIUM 29- Brain heart agar		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Brain heart infusion agar (52.000 g)
2025	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
120735	CIP Medium 3	Medium recipe at CIP
120735	CIP Medium 29	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
2025	positive	growth	30
36542	positive	growth	30
44992	positive	growth	37
67770	positive	growth	30
120735	positive	growth	22-55
120735	negative	growth	10

Culture pH

@ref	Ability	Type	PH
120735	positive	growth	6

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
44992	aerobe
120735	facultative anaerobe
125439	facultative anaerobe	93.993

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		94.183
120735

Compound production

2025

Compoundamylase

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
120735	NaCl	positive	growth	0-2 %
120735	NaCl		growth	4 %
120735	NaCl		growth	6 %
120735	NaCl		growth	8 %
120735	NaCl		growth	10 %

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
120735	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	carbon source
68379	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	+	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	+	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	+	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
120735	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis
68379	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	+	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
68379	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	+	fermentation	from API Coryne
120735	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	+	hydrolysis
68379	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	fermentation	from API Coryne
120735	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
120735	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	respiration
68379	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction	from API Coryne
120735	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68379	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
120735	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test
120735	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
120735	17234 ChEBI	glucose		+

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
120735	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
68382	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68379	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API Coryne
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68382	alpha-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68382	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68379	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API Coryne
68382	alpha-mannosidase	+	3.2.1.24	from API zym
120735	amylase	+
68382	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	from API zym
120735	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23
68379	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	from API Coryne
68382	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68379	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API Coryne
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
68379	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API Coryne
120735	caseinase	+	3.4.21.50
120735	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68379	catalase	-	1.11.1.6	from API Coryne
68382	cystine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.3	from API zym
120735	DNase	+
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
120735	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
120735	gelatinase	+/-
68379	gelatinase	+		from API Coryne
120735	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1	from API zym
120735	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
120735	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	+	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68379	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API Coryne
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	-		from API zym
120735	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
120735	oxidase	+
120735	protease	+
68379	pyrazinamidase	+	3.5.1.B15	from API Coryne
68379	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API Coryne
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
120735	tween esterase	+
120735	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68379	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API Coryne
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

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 coryne

@ref	Reduction of nitrateNIT	PYZ	PYRA	PAL	beta GUR	beta GAL	alpha GLU	beta NAG	ESC	URE	GEL	Control fermentationControl	GLU	RIB	XYL	MAN	MAL	LAC	SAC	GLYG	CAT
44992	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	-	not determinedn.d.	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-

API zym

@ref	Control	Alkaline phosphatase	Esterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	Lipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	Trypsin	alpha- Chymotrypsin	Acid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	alpha- Galactosidase	beta- Galactosidase	beta- Glucuronidase	alpha- Glucosidase	beta- Glucosidase	N-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	alpha- Mannosidase	alpha- Fucosidase
120735	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	-

API biotype100

@ref	ControlQ	D-glucose as carbon sourceGLU	D-fructose as carbon sourceFRU	D-galactose as carbon sourceGAL	D-trehalose as carbon sourceTRE	D-mannose as carbon sourceMNE	L-sorbose as carbon sourceSBE	D-melibiose as carbon sourceMEL	sucrose as carbon sourceSAC	D-raffinose as carbon sourceRAF	maltotriose as carbon sourceMTE	maltose as carbon sourceMAL	lactose as carbon sourceLAC	lactulose as carbon sourceLTE	1-O-methyl-beta-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGa	1-O-methyl-alpha-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMaGa	D-cellobiose as carbon sourceCEL	gentiobiose as carbon sourceGEN	1-O-methyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGu	esculin as carbon sourceESC	D-ribose as carbon sourceRIB	L-arabinose as carbon sourceARA	D-xylose as carbon sourceXYL	palatinose as carbon sourcePLE	L-rhamnose as carbon sourceRHA	L-fucose as carbon sourceFUC	D-melezitose as carbon sourceMLZ	D-arabitol as carbon sourceDARL	L-arabitol as carbon sourceLARL	xylitol as carbon sourceXLT	dulcitol as carbon sourceDUL	D-tagatose as carbon sourceTAG	glycerol as carbon sourceGLY	myo-inositol as carbon sourceINO	D-mannitol as carbon sourceMAN	maltitol as carbon sourceMTL	D-turanose as carbon sourceTUR	D-sorbitol as carbon sourceSOR	adonitol as carbon sourceADO	hydroxyquinoline-beta-glucuronide as carbon sourceHBG	D-lyxose as carbon sourceLYX	i-erythritol as carbon sourceERY	1-O-methyl-alpha-D-glucoside as carbon sourceMDG	3-O-methyl-D-glucose as carbon source3MDG	D-saccharate as carbon sourceSAT	mucate as carbon sourceMUC	L-tartrate as carbon sourceLTAT	D-tartrate as carbon sourceDTAT	meso-tartrate as carbon sourceMTAT	D-malate as carbon sourceDMLT	L-malate as carbon sourceLMLT	cis-aconitate as carbon sourceCATE	trans-aconitate as carbon sourceTATE	tricarballylate as carbon sourceTTE	citrate as carbon sourceCIT	D-glucuronate as carbon sourceGRT	D-galacturonate as carbon sourceGAT	2-ketogluconate as carbon source2KG	5-ketogluconate as carbon source5KG	tryptophan as carbon sourceTRY	N-acetyl-D-glucosamine as carbon sourceNAG	D-gluconate as carbon sourceGNT	phenylacetate as carbon sourcePAC	protocatechuate as carbon sourcePAT	4-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcepOBE	quinate as carbon sourceQAT	gentisate as carbon sourceGTE	3-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcemOBE	benzoate as carbon sourceBAT	3-phenylpropionate as carbon sourcePPAT	m-coumarate as carbon sourceCMT	trigonelline as carbon sourceTGE	betaine as carbon sourceBET	putrescine as carbon sourcePCE	4-aminobutyrate as carbon sourceABT	histamine as carbon sourceHIN	DL-lactate as carbon sourceLAT	caprate as carbon sourceCAP	caprylate as carbon sourceCYT	L-histidine as carbon sourceHIS	succinate as carbon sourceSUC	fumarate as carbon sourceFUM	glutarate as carbon sourceGRE	DL-glycerate as carbon sourceGYT	5-aminovalerate as carbon sourceAVT	ethanolamine as carbon sourceETN	tryptamine as carbon sourceTTN	D-glucosamine as carbon sourceGLN	itaconate as carbon sourceITA	3-hydroxybutyrate as carbon source3OBU	L-aspartate as carbon sourceAPT	L-glutamate as carbon sourceGTT	L-proline as carbon sourcePRO	D-alanine as carbon sourceDALA	L-alanine as carbon sourceLALA	L-serine as carbon sourceSER	malonate as carbon sourceMNT	propionate as carbon sourcePROP	L-tyrosine as carbon sourceTYR	2-ketoglutarate as carbon source2KT
120735	not determinedn.d.	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AB073196 (>99% sequence identity) for Paenibacillus macerans subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	0
Soil Samples	0
Animal Samples	15
Plant Samples	0
Total Samples	15

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
2025	yes, in single cases	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
120735		1	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
67770	49508_F02 assembly for Paenibacillus macerans NCTC6355	contig	GCA_900454495	44252.8	2904127458	44252	77.76
124043	ASM5047086v1 assembly for Paenibacillus macerans NRRL B-172	contig	GCA_050470865			44252	77.01
66792	BMM_2 assembly for Paenibacillus macerans ATCC 8244	scaffold	GCA_000746875	44252.3	2636416126	44252	65.95
67770	ASM400096v1 assembly for Paenibacillus macerans NBRC 15307	contig	GCA_004000965	1349781.5	8117252117	1349781	28.71

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	B.macerans 16S rRNA	X57306	1551	44252
20218	Paenibacillus macerans gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence	AB006946	278	44252
20218	Paenibacillus macerans gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence	AB073196	1504	44252
20218	Paenibacillus macerans gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 2500	AB162431	538	44252
20218	Paenibacillus macerans gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 2500	AB162432	550	44252
20218	Paenibacillus macerans strain JCM2500 DNA for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence	D78319	1437	44252
20218	Paenibacillus macerans gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: NBRC 15307	AB363744	1479	44252
20218	B.macerans 16S ribosomal RNA	X60624	1435	44252
67770	Paenibacillus macerans JCM 2500 gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence	LC425346	1476	44252
124043	Paenibacillus macerans gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: IAM1227.	LC127103	1518	44252

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
2025	53.2	Buoyant density centrifugation (BD)
2025	52.2	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: 49508_F02 assembly for Paenibacillus macerans NCTC6355
NCBI: GCA_900454495

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	facultative anaerobe	93.99	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	variable	61.34	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	80.83	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	94.18	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Paenibacillus macerans NBRC 15307
PATRIC: 1349781.5

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	59.87	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	91.56	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	yes	89.58	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	58.12	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	96.24	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	83.84	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Differentiation of Paenibacillus larvae subsp. larvae, the cause of American foulbrood of honeybees, by using PCR and restriction fragment analysis of genes encoding 16S rRNA.	Alippi AM, Lopez AC, Aguilar OM.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.68.7.3655-3660.2002	2002
Phylogeny	Identification of Bacillus anthracis by using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry and artificial neural networks.	Lasch P, Beyer W, Nattermann H, Stammler M, Siegbrecht E, Grunow R, Naumann D.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.00857-09	2009
	Integral Use of Amaranth Starch to Obtain Cyclodextrin Glycosyltransferase, by Bacillus megaterium, to Produce beta-Cyclodextrin.	Arce-Vazquez MB, Ponce-Alquicira E, Delgado-Fornue E, Pedroza-Islas R, Diaz-Godinez G, Soriano-Santos J.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2016.01513	2016
	Data associated with the characterization and presumptive identification of Bacillus and related species isolated from honey samples by using HiCrome Bacillus agar.	Alippi AM.	Data Brief	10.1016/j.dib.2019.104206	2019
	Specificity of the AMP-6000 Method for Enumerating Clostridium Endospores in Milk.	Burtscher J, Rudavsky T, Zitz U, Domig KJ.	Foods	10.3390/foods13081192	2024
	Pilot market surveillance of GMM contaminations in alpha-amylase food enzyme products: A detection strategy strengthened by a newly developed qPCR method targeting a GM Bacillus licheniformis producing alpha-amylase.	Fraiture MA, Gobbo A, Guillitte C, Marchesi U, Verginelli D, De Greve J, D'aes J, Vanneste K, Papazova N, Roosens NHC.	Food Chem (Oxf)	10.1016/j.fochms.2023.100186	2024
Biotechnology	Identification of an unauthorized genetically modified bacteria in food enzyme through whole-genome sequencing.	Fraiture MA, Bogaerts B, Winand R, Deckers M, Papazova N, Vanneste K, De Keersmaecker SCJ, Roosens NHC.	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-020-63987-5	2020
	Promotion of Nitrogen Fixation of Diverse Heterotrophs by Solid-Phase Humin.	Dey S, Kasai T, Katayama A.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2022.853411	2022
Phylogeny	Reclassification of Paenibacillus thermophilus Zhou et al. 2013 as a later heterotypic synonym of Paenibacillus macerans (Schardinger 1905) Ash et al. 1994.	Kobayashi H, Tanizawa Y, Sakamoto M, Nakamura Y, Ohkuma M, Tohno M	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.003160	2018
Phylogeny	Paenibacillus macerans possesses two types of 16S rDNA copies in a genome with a length difference of twelve base pairs.	Hamasaki Y, Watanabe Y, Kotoura S, Fuchu H, Sugiyama M, Hashizume K, Morita H	Biosci Biotechnol Biochem	10.1271/bbb.69.1995	2005
Stress	Fine structure of mesosomal involvement during Bacillus macerans sporulation.	Decker S, Maier S	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.121.1.363-372.1975	1975
Phylogeny	Paenibacillus oralis sp. nov., Isolated from Human Subgingival Dental Plaque of Gingivitis Lesion.	Park SN, Lim YK, Shin JH, Jo E, Chang YH, Shin Y, Paek J, Kim H, Kook JK	Curr Microbiol	10.1007/s00284-019-01843-0	2019
Phylogeny	Paenibacillus thermophilus sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from a sediment of hot spring in Fujian province, China.	Zhou Y, Gao S, Wei DQ, Yang LL, Huang X, He J, Zhang YJ, Tang SK, Li WJ	Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek	10.1007/s10482-012-9755-6	2012
Phylogeny	Paenibacillus fonticola sp. nov., isolated from a warm spring.	Chou JH, Chou YJ, Lin KY, Sheu SY, Sheu DS, Arun AB, Young CC, Chen WM	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.64872-0	2007
Phylogeny	Paenibacillus mellifer sp. nov., isolated from gut of the honey bee Apis mellifera.	Cho ES, Hwang CY, Kwon HW, Seo MJ	Arch Microbiol	10.1007/s00203-022-03178-0	2022

References

#2025	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 24
#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 )
#20218	Verslyppe, B., De Smet, W., De Baets, B., De Vos, P., Dawyndt P.: StrainInfo introduces electronic passports for microorganisms.. Syst Appl Microbiol. 37: 42 - 50 2014 ( DOI 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.11.002 , PubMed 24321274 )
#36542	; Curators of the CIP;
#44992	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 7423
#66792	Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Automatically annotated for the DiASPora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .
#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 )
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#68379	Automatically annotated from API Coryne .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#69479	João F Matias Rodrigues, Janko Tackmann,Gregor Rot, Thomas SB Schmidt, Lukas Malfertheiner, Mihai Danaila,Marija Dmitrijeva, Daniela Gaio, Nicolas Näpflin and Christian von Mering. University of Zurich.: MicrobeAtlas 1.0 beta .
#120735	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 66.19
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#125438	Julia Koblitz, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Rüdiger Pukall, Jörg Overmann: Predicting bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets. 2024 ( DOI 10.1101/2024.08.12.607695 )
#125439	Philipp Münch, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Hüseyin Anil Gündüz, Xiao-Yin To, Alice McHardy: deepG: Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 .
#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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