paenibacillus koreensis paenibacillus koreensis paenibacillus koreensis is a bacterium. it produces an iturin-like antifungal antibiotic. it is facultatively anaerobic and its type strain is yc300t (= kctc 2393t, kccm 40903t). paenibacillus koreensis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli order: bacillales family: paenibacillaceae genus: paenibacillus species: p. koreensis binomial name paenibacillus koreensischung et al., 2000