paenibacillus assamensis sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from a warm spring in assam, india. | a polyphasic approach was used to characterize a bacterium, gptsa 11(t), isolated from a warm spring located in a reserve forest in assam, india. the cells are gram-variable, strictly aerobic, sporulating motile rods. the major fatty acids of the strain are c(15 : 0) anteiso (48.42 %), c(16 : 0) iso (11.59 %), c(16 : 1)omega11c (6.16 %), c(15 : 0) iso (6.03 %), c(17 : 0) anteiso (5.68 %) and c(16 : 1)omega7c alcohol (5.01 %). the presence of the fatty acid c(16 : 1)omega7c alcohol distinguishes ... | 2005 | 16280530 |