Paenibacillus alkalitolerans sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from a salt lake of Turpan City in Xinjiang Province, north-west China

A Gram stain–positive, rod-shaped, motile, aerobic and terminal endospore formation bacterium, designated YIM B00362 T , was isolated from saline soil samples collected from a salt lake in Xinjiang Province, north-west China. Phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequences and whole genomes indicated that the isolate belongs to the genus Paenibacillus . However, the highest sequence similarity between strain YIM B00362 T and the relatives was only 94.4%. Moreover, the DNA–DNA relatedness and ANI values between the novel isolate and the relative type strain, Paenibacillus antri SYSU K30003 T was 13.6% and 70.3%, respectively. The major cellular fatty acids were anteiso-C 15:0 , C 16:0 and the major quinone was MK-7. The isolate contained meso-diaminopimelic acid as the diagnostic diamino acid and the major polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglyceride, and two unidentified polar lipids. The genomic DNA G + C content was 50.9 mol%. The major whole-cell sugars contained glucose and galactose. On the basis of physiological, phenotypic, and chemotaxonomic data, strain YIM B00362 T represents a novel species of genus Paenibacillus , for which the name Paenibacillus alkalitolerans sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is YIM B00362 T (= KCTC 43272 T = CGMCC 1.18801 T = NBRC 114667 T ).