Paenibacillus macerans

Paenibacillus macerans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Bacillales
Family:	Paenibacillaceae
Genus:	Paenibacillus Ash et al. 1994
Species:	Paenibacillus macerans
Binomial name
	Paenibacillus macerans;
Synonyms
	Bacillus macerans ; Schardinger 1905 Aerobacillus macerans ; Donker 1926 ; Zymobacillus macerans ; Kluyver and van Niel 1936 ; Bactrillum macerans ; Pribram 1933 ; Bacillus acetoethylicum ; Northrop et al. 1919 ; Bacillus betanigrificans ; Cameron et al. 1936 ; Bacillus soli ; Alerie and Gray 1947 ; Aerobacillus schuylkilliensis ; Eisenberg 1942 ; Bacillus vagans ; Alarie and Gray 1947

Paenibacillus macerans is a diazotroph bacterium found in soil and plants capable of nitrogen fixation and fermentation. This bacteria was originally discovered in 1905 by an Austrian biologist named Schardinger and thought to be a bacillus.