Paenibacillus shunpengii sp. nov., isolated from farmland soil.

A bacterial strain designated YYJ7-1 was isolated from farmland soil in China and characterized using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. Cells of strain YYJ7-1 were Gram-staining-positive, aerobic or facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped, motile and endospore-forming. Growth occurred at 18-42 °C (optimum at 35 °C), at pH 6.

[Study on the Fingerprint of Kingkong Zedoary Turmeric Oil].

Objective: To study the fingerprint of Zedoary Turmeric Oil (ZTO) as the bulk drug of Kingkong Elemene for making it safe, effective, stable, and controllable.

Methods: Fingerprints were detected by gas chromatography. β-elemene peak was regarded as reference peak (S).