Paenibacillus polymyxa

Taxobox
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name = "Paenibacillus polymyxa"
regnum = Bacteria
divisio = Firmicutes
classis = Bacilli
ordo = Bacillales
familia = Paenibacillaceae
genus = Paenibacillus
binomial = "Paenibacillus polymyxa"
genus_authority = (Prazmowski 1880)
Ash "et al". 1994
type_strain = [http://www.atcc.org/common/catalog/numSearch/numResults.cfm?atccNum=842 ATCC 842]
[http://www.ccug.se/default.cfm?page=search_record.cfm&id=1086&db=alx CCUG 1086]
[http://www.angers.inra.fr/cfbp/resultsuite.php?r0=4258&r1=Paenibacillus%20polymyxa&r2=Paenibacillus&r3=polymyxa&r4=&r5=&r6=souche%20type&r7=CIP%2066.22,%20ATCC%20842,%20CCM%201459,%20DSM%2036,%20JCM%202507,%20NCDO%201774,%20NCIB%208158,%20NCTC%2010343,%20NRRL%201105&r8=&r9=Kluyver%20A.J.&r10=&r11=&r12=&r13=&r14=&r15=&r16=1997&r17=CIP&r18=&r19=&r20=&r21=(Prazmowski%201880)%20Ash%20et%20al.%201994,%20comb.%20nov. CFBP 4258]
[http://www.crbip.pasteur.fr/onglet.jsp?tab=res&pageNumber=1 CIP 66.22]
[http://www.dsmz.de/microorganisms/html/strains/strain.dsm000036.html DSM 36]
[http://elias.it.helsinki.fi/hambi/hambi.nsf/8e001923213e19a0c2256839004553d3/2e5bed91a6a8a99ec225683a004606c3?OpenDocument HAMBI 635] and [http://elias.it.helsinki.fi/hambi/hambi.nsf/8e001923213e19a0c2256839004553d3/5de29cbb4f09522cc225683a0046128d?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,1897 1897]
[http://www.jcm.riken.jp/cgi-bin/jcm/jcm_kojin?JCM=2507 JCM 2507]
[http://bccm.belspo.be/db/lmg_strain_details.php?NUM=13294&COLTYPE=&LIST1=STRNUM&TEXT1=13294&LIST2=ALL%20FIELDS&TEXT2=&LIST3=STRNUM&TEXT3=&LIST4=STRNUM&TEXT4=&LIST5=STRNUM&TEXT5=&CONJ=OR&RANGE=20 LMG 13294]
[http://www.nbrc.nite.go.jp/NBRC2/NBRCCatalogueDetailServlet?ID=NBRC&CAT=00015309 NBRC 15309]
[http://www.cbs.knaw.nl/databases/ NCCB 24016]
[http://www.hpa.org.uk/nctc/jengine.asp NCTC 10343]
[http://nrrl.ncaur.usda.gov/cgi-bin/usda/process.html NRRL B-4317]
[http://www.vkm.ru/index.htm VKM B-514]
synonyms = "Bacillus polymyxa" (Prazmowski 1880) Macé 1889
"Clostridium polymyxa" Prazmowski 1880
"Granulobacter polymyxa" (Prazmowski 1880) Beijerinck 1893
"Aerobacillus polymyxa" (Prazmowski 1880) Donker 1926
"Pseudomonas azotogensis" Voets and Debacker

"Paenibacillus polymyxa" is a Gram-positive bacterium used as a soil inoculant in agriculture and horticulture. It is capable of fixing nitrogen.