Name: Paenibacillaceae De Vos et al. 2010

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Pae.ni.ba.cil.la’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Paenibacillus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Paenibacillaceae, family of the genus Paenibacillus

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pa͡e-ni-ba-kil-LA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Paenibacillus Ash et al. 1994

Effective publication: De Vos P, Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Family IV. Paenibacillaceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 269. 🇧🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 132. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:469-472.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Aneurinibacillaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Oxalophagaceae Li et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Brevibacillaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Li et al. 2024 Li Y, Zhang D, Bo D, Peng D, Sun M, Zheng J. A taxonomic note on the order Caryophanales: description of 12 novel families and emended description of 21 families. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6539. 🇨🇳 Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6619.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 12 genera in the family.
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 4 genera from the family.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this family to the order Paenibacillales Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺
  • 🧕 De Vos et al. (2009) assigned this family to the order Bacillales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: De Vos P, Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Family IV. Paenibacillaceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 269. 🇧🇪
  • 🧒 Chhe et al. (2023) assigned the genus Insulambacter Chhe et al. 2023 to this family. Publication: Chhe C, Uke A, Baramee S, Tachaapaikoon C, Pason P, Waeonukul R, Ratanakhanokchai K, Kosugi A. Insulambacter thermoxylanivorax sp. nov., a thermophilic xylanolytic bacterium isolated from compost. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5724. 🇯🇵
  • 🧒 De Vos et al. (2009) assigned the genus "Firmicutes" to this family. Publication: De Vos P, Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Family IV. Paenibacillaceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 269. 🇧🇪
  • 🧒 Kudryashova et al. (2024) assigned the genus Gordonibacillus Kudryashova et al. 2024 to this family. Publication: Kudryashova EB, Ariskina EV, Karlyshev AV, Potekhina NV, Shashkov AS, et al. Gordonibacillus kamchatkensis gen. nov., sp. nov. from the frozen volcanic ash. Microbiology 2024; 93:269-281. 🇷🇺
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Paenbacillaceae"; "Paenebacillaceae"; "Paenibacilaceae"; "Paneibacillaceae".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Lee et al. (2014), Collins et al. (1994). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 278; KCTC: 192; JCM: 159; LMG: 119; CGMCC: 74; NBRC: 73; CIP: 66; NRRL: 59; KACC: 57; ATCC: 53.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 20
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 20
Total number of child taxa: 26

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Aerobacillus" Donker 1926	not validly published	synonym
    Ammoniibacillus Sakai et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ammoniphilus Zaitsev et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aneurinibacillus Shida et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacillus Shida et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Chengkuizengella Cao et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cohnella Kämpfer et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ferviditalea Chen et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Fontibacillus Saha et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Gordonibacillus Kudryashova et al. 2024	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Gordoniibacillus corrig. Kudryashova et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Gorillibacterium Keita et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Insulambacter Chhe et al. 2023	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Insulibacter corrig. Chhe et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Longirhabdus Chen et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Marinicrinis Guo et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Oryzibacillus Liu et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Oxalophagus Collins et al. 1994	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paenibacillus Ash et al. 1994	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paludirhabdus Hwang et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Pristimantibacillus" Díaz Rodríguez et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Reconcilibacillus" Kolinko et al. 2018	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Reconciliibacillus" corrig. Kolinko et al. 2018	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Saccharibacillus Rivas et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermobacillus Touzel et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Xylanibacillus Kukolya et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Caryophanales Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Tindall BJ. When treated as heterotypic synonyms the names Caryophanaceae Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980) and Caryophanales Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980) have priority over the names Planococcaceae Krasil'nikov 1949 (Approved Lists 1980) and Bacillales Prevot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980) and Bacillales Prevot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980), respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2187-2195. 🇩🇪

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