Paenibacillus taiwanensis (DSM 18679, IAM 15414, LMG 23799)

Name: Paenibacillus taiwanensis (DSM 18679, IAM 15414, LMG 23799)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 11604

Type strain

Strain Designation G-soil-2-3

Culture col. no. DSM 18679 IAM 15414 LMG 23799 BCRC 17411 KCTC 13628 3 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1122926 401638

Special Collections DSMZ JCM KCTC CIP Literature strains

History <- F.L. Lee <- Chi-Chu Lo, G-soil-2-3 IAM 15414 <-- C.-C. Lo strain G-soil-2-3. CIP <- 2007, JCM <- 2007, IAM <- C.C Lo, Counc. Agric., Taichung, Taiwan: strain G-soil-2-3

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Paenibacillus taiwanensis G-soil-2-3 is a facultative anaerobe, spore-forming, mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from farmland soil.

spore-forming Gram-variable motile rod-shaped facultative anaerobe mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 292881

LMG 23799,BCRC 17411,CCRC 17411,IAM 15414,DSM 18679,JCM 23198,CIP 109674

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:20:36

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Caryophanales

Family Paenibacillaceae

Genus Paenibacillus

Species Paenibacillus taiwanensis

Full scientific name Paenibacillus taiwanensis Lee et al. 2007

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell length	Cell width	Cell shape	Motility
31986	variable	2.5-6.8 µm	0.7-0.9 µm	rod-shaped
123423	positive			rod-shaped

Pigmentation

31986

Productionyes

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
7656	CASO AGAR (MERCK 105458) (DSMZ Medium 220)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: CASO AGAR (Merck 105458) (DSMZ Medium 220) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Casein peptone 15.0 g/l NaCl 5.0 g/l Soy peptone 5.0 g/l Distilled water
33318	MEDIUM 72- for trypto casein soja agar		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Trypto casein soy agar (40.000 g)
123423	CIP Medium 72	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
7656	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
31986	positive	growth	10-45
31986	positive	optimum	30	mesophilic
33318	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
67770	positive	growth	30	mesophilic

Culture pH

@ref	Ability	Type	PH	PH range
31986	positive	optimum	07-08
31986	positive	growth	4.5-10	alkaliphile

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
31986	facultative anaerobe
123423	facultative anaerobe
125439	obligate aerobe	94.5

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
31986
125438		93.802
125439		93.4

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
31986	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	+	carbon source
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	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
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	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	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31986	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	+	carbon source
68371	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31986	5417 ChEBI	glucosamine	+	carbon source
31986	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	carbon source
31986	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	+	carbon source
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
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	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31986	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	carbon source
68371	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	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	74863 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31986	37657 ChEBI	methyl D-glucoside	+	carbon source
68371	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
123423	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
123423	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	+	reduction
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
31986	33942 ChEBI	ribose	+	carbon source
68371	17814 ChEBI	salicin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31986	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	carbon source
68371	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31986	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	carbon source
68371	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	32528 ChEBI	turanose	+	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
123423	35581 ChEBI	indole

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
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
68382	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	from API zym
68382	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
31986	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
123423	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	+	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
123423	oxidase	+
68382	trypsin	+	3.4.21.4	from API zym
123423	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
123423	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	+	-	+

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
123423	not determinedn.d.	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+/-	+	+	+	+	+/-	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	-	+/-	-	+/-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil
#Engineered	#Agriculture	#Field

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
7656	farmland soil	Wu-Feng	Taiwan, Province of China	TWN	Asia
67770	Farmland soil in Wu-Feng		Taiwan, Province of China	TWN	Asia
123423	Environment, Soil		Taiwan, Province of China	TWN	Asia

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence DQ890521 (>99% sequence identity) for Paenibacillus taiwanensis subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	24
Soil Samples	46
Animal Samples	44
Plant Samples	15
Total Samples	129

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
7656	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
123423	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	ASM42512v1 assembly for Paenibacillus taiwanensis DSM 18679	scaffold	GCA_000425125	1122926.3	2524614883	1122926	72.12

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
7656	Paenibacillus taiwanensis strain BCRC 17411 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	DQ890521	1537		401638

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
7656	44.6
67770	44.6	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: Paenibacillus taiwanensis DSM 18679
NCBI: GCA_000425125

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	94.50	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	variable	71.30	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	87.40	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	93.40	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Paenibacillus taiwanensis DSM 18679
PATRIC: 1122926.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	57.16	yes
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	93.10	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	yes	93.80	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	56.46	yes
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	92.00	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	85.07	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Functional characterization of a novel GH94 glycoside phosphorylase, 3-O-beta-d-glucopyranosyl beta-d-glucuronide phosphorylase, and implication of the metabolic pathway of acidic carbohydrates in Paenibacillus borealis.	Isono N, Mizutani E, Hayashida H, Katsuzaki H, Saburi W.	Biochem Biophys Res Commun	10.1016/j.bbrc.2022.07.098	2022
Metabolism	Structural analysis of fructans produced by acetic acid bacteria reveals a relation to hydrocolloid function.	Jakob F, Pfaff A, Novoa-Carballal R, Rubsam H, Becker T, Vogel RF.	Carbohydr Polym	10.1016/j.carbpol.2012.10.054	2013
Genetics	Correlational networking guides the discovery of unclustered lanthipeptide protease-encoding genes.	Xue D, Older EA, Zhong Z, Shang Z, Chen N, Dittenhauser N, Hou L, Cai P, Walla MD, Dong SH, Tang X, Tang X, Chen H, Nagarkatti P, Nagarkatti M, Li YX, Li J.	Nat Commun	10.1038/s41467-022-29325-1	2022
	Influence of novel fructans produced by selected acetic acid bacteria on the volume and texture of wheat breads	Jakob F, Steger S, Vogel RF.	Eur Food Res Technol	10.1007/s00217-011-1658-7	2012
Metabolism	Discovery of solabiose phosphorylase and its application for enzymatic synthesis of solabiose from sucrose and lactose.	Saburi W, Nihira T, Nakai H, Kitaoka M, Mori H.	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-021-04421-2	2022
Metabolism	Estrogen Degraders and Estrogen Degradation Pathway Identified in an Activated Sludge.	Chen YL, Fu HY, Lee TH, Shih CJ, Huang L, Wang YS, Ismail W, Chiang YR.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.00001-18	2018
	Enhanced calcium carbonate-biofilm complex formation by alkali-generating Lysinibacillus boronitolerans YS11 and alkaliphilic Bacillus sp. AK13.	Lee YS, Park W.	AMB Express	10.1186/s13568-019-0773-x	2019
Genetics	Genome mining: Prediction of lipopeptides and polyketides from Bacillus and related Firmicutes.	Aleti G, Sessitsch A, Brader G.	Comput Struct Biotechnol J	10.1016/j.csbj.2015.03.003	2015
	Mesorhizobium sp. J8 can establish symbiosis with Glycyrrhiza uralensis, increasing glycyrrhizin production.	Kusaba I, Nakao T, Maita H, Sato S, Chijiiwa R, Yamada E, Arima S, Kojoma M, Ishimaru K, Akashi R, Suzuki A.	Plant Biotechnol (Tokyo)	10.5511/plantbiotechnology.20.1124a	2021
	Paenibacillus piscarius sp. nov., a novel nitrogen-fixing species isolated from the gut of the armored catfish Parotocinclus maculicauda.	da Silva MBF, Lemos EA, Vollu RE, Abreu F, Rosado AS, Seldin L.	Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek	10.1007/s10482-021-01694-5	2022
Phylogeny	Thalassorhabdus alkalitolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Bacillaceae member isolated from marine sediment.	Sultanpuram VR, Mothe T.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.002931	2018
Phylogeny	Paenibacillus bryophyllum sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing species isolated from Bryophyllum pinnatum.	Liu L, Yuan T, Yang F, Liu Z, Yang M, Peng G, Tan Z.	Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek	10.1007/s10482-018-1117-6	2018
Phylogeny	Paenibacillus albidus sp. nov., isolated from grassland soil.	Zhuang J, Xin D, Zhang YQ, Guo J, Zhang J.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.002356	2017
	Endosaccharibacter trunci gen. nov., sp. nov. and Rhizosaccharibacter radicis gen. nov., sp. nov., two novel bacteria of the family Acetobacteraceae isolated from sugarcane.	Pitiwittayakul N, Yukphan P, Charoenyingcharoen P, Tanasupawat S.	Heliyon	10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e32825	2024
	Assessing hydrocarbon degradation capacity of Isoptericola peretonis sp. nov. and related species: a comparative study.	Vidal-Verdu A, Latorre-Perez A, Pascual J, Manes-Collado R, Nevot-Terraes A, Porcar M.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2025.1471121	2025
Phylogeny	Lysinibacillus fluoroglycofenilyticus sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from fluoroglycofen contaminated soil.	Cheng M, Zhang H, Zhang J, Hu G, Zhang J, He J, Huang X.	Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek	10.1007/s10482-014-0313-2	2015
Phylogeny	Kribbella shirazensis sp. nov., isolated from Iranian soil.	Mohammadipanah F, Hamedi J, Goker M, Fiebig A, Pukall R, Sproer C, Klenk HP.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.046847-0	2013
Metabolism	Paenibacillus taohuashanense sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing species isolated from rhizosphere soil of the root of Caragana kansuensis Pojark.	Xie JB, Zhang LH, Zhou YG, Liu HC, Chen SF.	Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek	10.1007/s10482-012-9773-4	2012
Genetics	Cohnella cholangitidis sp. nov., a novel species of the genus Cohnella isolated from a clinical specimen in Korea.	Kim JK, Choi CH, Kim DW, Kim SY, Hwang KJ, Lee WK, Shin MK, Jung M, Choi YS.	Arch Microbiol	10.1007/s00203-021-02565-3	2021
Phylogeny	Paenibacillus jilunlii sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing species isolated from the rhizosphere of Begonia semperflorens.	Jin HJ, Zhou YG, Liu HC, Chen SF.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.025056-0	2011
Phylogeny	Amphibacillus jilinensis sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic, alkaliphilic bacillus from a soda lake.	Wu XY, Zheng G, Zhang WW, Xu XW, Wu M, Zhu XF.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.018259-0	2010
Phylogeny	Kribbella catacumbae sp. nov. and Kribbella sancticallisti sp. nov., isolated from whitish-grey patinas in the catacombs of St Callistus in Rome, Italy.	Urzi C, De Leo F, Schumann P.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.65613-0	2008
Phylogeny	Nocardiopsis quinghaiensis sp. nov., isolated from saline soil in China.	Chen YG, Cui XL, Kroppenstedt RM, Stackebrandt E, Wen ML, Xu LH, Jiang CL.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.65441-0	2008
Phylogeny	Paenibacillus taiwanensis sp. nov., isolated from soil in Taiwan.	Lee FL, Kuo HP, Tai CJ, Yokota A, Lo CC	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.64764-0	2007

References

#7656	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 18679
#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 )
#28240	IJSEM 1351 2007 ( DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.64764-0 , PubMed 17551057 )
#31986	Barberan A, Caceres Velazquez H, Jones S, Fierer N.: Hiding in Plain Sight: Mining Bacterial Species Records for Phenotypic Trait Information. mSphere 2: 2017 ( DOI 10.1128/mSphere.00237-17 , PubMed 28776041 ) - originally annotated from #28240
#33318	; Curators of the CIP;
#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 .
#123423	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 109674
#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 taiwanensis (DSM 18679, IAM 15414, LMG 23799)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Pigmentation

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Culture pH

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Observation

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Enzymes

API zym

API 50CHac

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_000425125

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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