“…At the time of writing, the genus Paenibacillus accommodates 162 species with validly published names and four subspecies (http://www.bacterio.net/paenibacillus.html). The representatives of the genus Paenibacillus were isolated and characterized from various sources including human urine (Roux et al , 2008) and a necrotic wound (Glaeser et al , 2013), food packaging-board (Suominen et al , 2003), a paper mill (Kämpfer et al , 2012), marine sediment (Lee et al , 2013), humus (Elo et al , 2001), soil (Park et al , 2007; Yoon et al , 2007), plant roots (Kim et al , 2004) and surface-sterilized plant tissues (Carro et al , 2013, 2014; Kittiwongwattana & Thawai, 2014; Valverde et al , 2010). Here, we investigated the taxonomic position of a chitinolytic endophyte, designated strain CC-Alfalfa-19 T , isolated from root nodules of alfalfa ( Medicago sativa L.).…”