Paenibacillus illinoisensis (DSM 11733, IFO 15959, JCM 9907)

Name: Paenibacillus illinoisensis (DSM 11733, IFO 15959, JCM 9907)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 11549

Type strain

Strain Designation 14, NRS-1356

Culture col. no. DSM 11733 IFO 15959 JCM 9907 NBRC 15959 NCIMB 13573 8 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1349779 59845

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM KCTC CIP

History DSMZ <- O. Shida, Higeta Shoyu; HSCC 309 <- NRRL <- F. E. Clark; 14 JCM <-- HSCC 309 <-- NRRL NRS-1356. CIP <- 1997, O. Shida, Res. Lab., Chiba, Japan: strain HSCC 309 <- NRRL: strain NRS-1356 <- F.E. Clark

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Paenibacillus illinoisensis 14 is an aerobe, spore-forming, Gram-positive bacterium that was isolated from soil.

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

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 10549

LMG 18051,IFO 15959,JCM 9907,NRRL NRS-1356,CIP 105253,DSM 11733,KCTC 3760,NBRC 15959,BCRC 17260,CCRC 17260,CCUG 50778,NCIMB 13573,KACC 10910

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:27:35

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Caryophanales

Family Paenibacillaceae

Genus Paenibacillus

Species Paenibacillus illinoisensis

Full scientific name Paenibacillus illinoisensis Shida et al. 1997

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Paenibacillus illinoisensis** (1)	Type strain
11550	P. illinoisensis 1329, DSM 11734, NRRL NRS-1175, HSCC 318

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility	Confidence
120052	positive	rod-shaped
125439				91.775

Colony morphology

120052

Hemolysis ability0

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
4464	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
39238	MEDIUM 3 - Columbia agar		Columbia agar (39.000 g);distilled water (1000.000 ml)
120052	CIP Medium 3	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
4464	positive	growth	30
39238	positive	growth	30
58991	positive	growth	30-37
67770	positive	growth	30
120052	positive	growth	22-37
120052	negative	growth	10
120052	negative	growth	45
120052	negative	growth	55

Culture pH

@ref	Ability	Type	PH
120052	positive	growth	6

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
58991	aerobe
120052	facultative anaerobe
125439	facultative anaerobe	94.916

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125438		93.01
125439		96.068
120052

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
120052	NaCl	positive	growth	0-4 %
120052	NaCl		growth	6 %
120052	NaCl		growth	8 %
120052	NaCl		growth	10 %

Observation

67770

Observationquinones: MK-7

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68371	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18305 ChEBI	arbutin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
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	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
68371	62318 ChEBI	D-lyxose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	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	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
120052	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis
68371	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
120052	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	-	hydrolysis
68371	15443 ChEBI	inulin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
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
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	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
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
68371	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
120052	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
120052	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	respiration
120052	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	+	reduction
68371	0 ChEBI	Potassium 2-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	0 ChEBI	Potassium 5-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28017 ChEBI	starch	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
120052	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test
120052	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
120052	17234 ChEBI	glucose		+

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
120052	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
68382	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	from API zym
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
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
120052	amylase	+
68382	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	from API zym
120052	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23
68382	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
120052	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
120052	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
120052	DNase	-
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
120052	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
120052	gelatinase	-
120052	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1	from API zym
120052	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
120052	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
120052	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
120052	oxidase	+
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
120052	tween esterase	-
120052	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

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
120052	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-

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
120052	not determinedn.d.	+/-	-	-	+/-	+/-	+/-	-	-	-	-	+	+/-	+/-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+/-	+	+/-	+/-	-	+/-	+/-	-	-	+/-	-	+/-	-	+/-	+/-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-

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
120052	not determinedn.d.	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
4464	soil	USA	USA	North America
58991	Soil
67770	Soil
120052	Environment, Soil

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence D85397 (>99% sequence identity) for Paenibacillus illinoisensis from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	183
Soil Samples	1254
Animal Samples	232
Plant Samples	487
Total Samples	2156

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
4464	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
120052	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	ASM400092v1 assembly for Paenibacillus illinoisensis NBRC 15959	contig	GCA_004000925	1349779.3	8117239364	1349779	74.04

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Paenibacillus illinoisensis gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence	AB073192	1502	59845
20218	Paenibacillus illinoisensis gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: NBRC 15959	AB681007	1477	59845
20218	Paenibacillus illinoisensis DNA for 16S rRNA	D85397	1435	59845

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
67770	48.1	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: ASM400092v1 assembly for Paenibacillus illinoisensis NBRC 15959
NCBI: GCA_004000925

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	facultative anaerobe	94.92	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	variable	71.14	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	96.07	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	91.78	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Paenibacillus illinoisensis NBRC 15959
PATRIC: 1349779.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	65.18	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	91.47	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	yes	93.01	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	53.87	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	93.17	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	85.62	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Taxonomic diversity of bacteria from mangrove sediments of Goa: metagenomic and functional analysis.	Haldar S, Nazareth SW.	3 Biotech	10.1007/s13205-018-1441-6	2018
Pathogenicity	Draft genome assemblies of 35 bacteria isolated from hibernating arctic ground squirrels.	McKee H, Mullen L, Drown DM, Duddleston KN.	Microbiol Resour Announc	10.1128/mra.00972-24	2025
	Functional and genomic analyses of plant growth promoting traits in Priestia aryabhattai and Paenibacillus sp. isolates from tomato rhizosphere.	Almiron C, Petitti TD, Ponso MA, Romero AM, Areco VA, Bianco MI, Espariz M, Yaryura PM.	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-025-87390-0	2025
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	Paenibacillus kyungheensis sp. nov., isolated from flowers of magnolia.	Siddiqi MZ, Siddiqi MH, Im WT, Kim YJ, Yang DC	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.000521	2015
Phylogeny	Paenibacillus hordei sp. nov., isolated from naked barley in Korea.	Kim JM, Lee SH, Lee SH, Choi EJ, Jeon CO	Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek	10.1007/s10482-012-9775-2	2012
Phylogeny	Paenibacillus xylanilyticus sp. nov., an airborne xylanolytic bacterium.	Rivas R, Mateos PF, Martinez-Molina E, Velazquez E	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.63173-0	2005

References

#4464	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 11733
#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 )
#39238	; Curators of the CIP;
#58991	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 50778
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .
#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 .
#120052	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 105253
#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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Paenibacillus illinoisensis (DSM 11733, IFO 15959, JCM 9907)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Culture pH

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Halophily

Observation

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API zym

API 50CHac

API biotype100

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_004000925

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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