General

@ref: 383

BacDive-ID: 11484

DSM-Number: 740

keywords: mesophilic

description: Paenibacillus polymyxa X16 is a mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from field soil.

NCBI tax id

• NCBI tax id: 1406
• Matching level: species

strain history

• @ref: 383
• history: <- Bayer AG; X16 <- D. Claus

doi: 10.13145/bacdive11484.20251217.10

Name and taxonomic classification

LPSN

• @ref: 20215
• description: kingdom/bacillati
• keyword: phylum/bacillota
• phylum: Bacillota
• class: Bacilli
• order: Caryophanales
• family: Paenibacillaceae
• genus: Paenibacillus
• species: Paenibacillus polymyxa
• full scientific name: Paenibacillus polymyxa (Prazmowski 1880) Ash et al. 1994

• synonyms

  @ref	synonym
  20215	Clostridium polymyxa
  20215	Bacillus polymyxa
  20215	Paenibacillus jamilae
  20215	Aerobacillus polymyxa

@ref: 383

domain: Bacteria

phylum: Firmicutes

class: Bacilli

order: Bacillales

family: Paenibacillaceae

genus: Paenibacillus

species: Paenibacillus polymyxa

full scientific name: Paenibacillus polymyxa (Prazmowski 1880) Ash et al. 1994

strain designation: X16

type strain: no

Culture and growth conditions

culture medium

• @ref: 383
• name: NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1)
• growth: yes
• link: https://mediadive.dsmz.de/medium/1
• composition: 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: 383
• growth: positive
• type: growth
• temperature: 30

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

isolation

• @ref: 383
• sample type: field soil
• geographic location: Ossendorf
• country: Germany
• origin.country: DEU
• continent: Europe

isolation source categories

Interaction and safety

risk assessment

• @ref: 383
• biosafety level: 1
• biosafety level comment: Risk group (German classification)

Literature

@ref: 383

culture collection no.: DSM 740, ATCC 31325

straininfo link

• @ref: 126262
• straininfo: 111909

Reference