Table 2. Differential phenotypic characteristics between Gorillibacterium massiliense gen. nov., sp. nov., strain G5^T and phylogenetically close Paenibacillaceae species.

Characteristic	1	2	3	4	5
Gram stain	-	+	var	var	+/var
Motility	-	+	+	+	+
Endospore formation	-	+	+	+	+
Isolated from	Gorilla gut	Human: valve of a cerebrospinal fluid shunt	Roots of Perilla frutescens	Honeybee larvae	Environment: soil
Production of
Catalase	+	-	+	+	+
Oxidase	-	-	-	+	+
Nitrate reductase	+	-	+	-	+
Urease	+	-	+	na	-
Indole	-	-	+	+	-
Utilization of:
Glycerol	-	-	var	-	-
D-xylose	+	+	var	-	-
D-glucose	+	+	+	+	-
D-fructose	+	+	w	na	-
D-mannose	+	+	+	-	-
Methyl- αD-mannopyranoside	-	-	na	na	-
N-acetylglucosamine	+	+	+	na	+
Aesculin	+	+	+	na	+
Salicin	+	+	-	-	-
D-cellobiose	+	+	+	-	+
D-maltose	+	+	+	na	-
D-lactose	+	+	+	na	-
D-melibiose	+	+	na	+	-
D-saccharose	+	+	na	-	-
D-trehalose	+	-	+	-	-
D-melezitose	+	-	na	-	-
D-raffinose	+	+	na	+	-
Starch	+	+	+	+	-
Glycogen	+	+	w	-	-
β-Gentiobiose	+	+	w	na	-
L-arabinose	w	+	-	-	-
Ribose	-	+	+	na	-
D-galactose	-	+	+	na	+
D-mannitol	-	-	+	-	+
Potassium gluconate	-	-	+	-	w
Amygdalin	-	+	-	-	-

Strain: 1, Gorillibacterium massiliense G5^T; 2, Paenibacillus turicensis MOL722^T; 3, Paenibacillus elgii SD17^T ; 4, Paenibacillus alvei BCRC 11220^T; 5, Brevibacillus brevis NBRC 15304^T.

-: negative result, +: positive result, var: variable, na: data not available, w: weak positive result