| paenibacillus jilunlii sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing species isolated from the rhizosphere of begonia semperflorens. | a nitrogen-fixing bacterium, designated strain be17(t), was isolated from rhizosphere soil of begonia semperflorens planted in beijing botanical garden, pr china. phylogenetic analyses based on a segment of the nifh gene sequence and a full-length 16s rrna gene sequence revealed that strain be17(t) was a member of the genus paenibacillus. high levels of 16s rrna gene sequence similarity were found between strain be17(t) and paenibacillus graminis rsa19(t) (97.9 %), paenibacillus sonchi lmg 24727 ... | 2010 | 20601486 |