result of hybridizations showed the isolates H9
shared a DNA–DNA relatedness value of 60.2 % (SD
2.3 %) and corresponding values of 51.1 % (SD 2.5 %)
and 51.7 % (SD 4.0 %) with P. hunanensis FeL05
, respectively,
which indicate that the two
strains belong to distinctgenomic
species as the relatedness values
are well below
the
70
%
cut-off
point recommended for the circumscription ofbacterial
species (Wayne
et
al.
1987).
On the basis of phylogenetic analysis and phenotypic
differences with the most closely related type strain, each
of the isolates represents a novel species of the genus Paenibacillus.
Therefore,
the two
novel
species of Paenibacillus
wulumuqiensis
sp. nov.
for strain
Y24
T
and Paenibacillus
dauci
sp. nov.
for strain H9
T
and Y24
T
are proposed, respectively.