Genus Cohnella

Name: Cohnella Kämpfer et al. 2006

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Coh.nel’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Cohnella, named after Ferdinand Cohn, the German microbiologist who first described the bacterial genus Bacillus in 1872

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Cohnell-), koh-NEL-la

Type species: Cohnella thermotolerans Kämpfer et al. 2006

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kampfer P, Rossello-Mora R, Falsen E, Busse HJ, Tindall BJ. Cohnella thermotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., and classification of 'Paenibacillus hongkongensis' as Cohnella hongkongensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:781-786. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1461-1462.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • García-Fraile et al. 2008 Garcia-Fraile P, Velazquez E, Mateos PF, Martinez-Molina E, Rivas R. Cohnella phaseoli sp. nov., isolated from root nodules of Phaseolus coccineus in Spain, and emended description of the genus Cohnella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1855-1859. 🇪🇸 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2473-2474.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Khianngam et al. 2010 Khianngam S, Tanasupawat S, Akaracharanya A, Kim KK, Lee KC, Lee JS. Cohnella thailandensis sp. nov., a xylanolytic bacterium from Thai soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2284-2287. 🇹🇭 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:4-5.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Cohenella"; "Cohniella"; "Conhella"; "Wohnella".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Luo et al. (2010), Khianngam et al. (2012), Kim et al. (2011), Lin et al. (2020), Kaempfer et al. (2025). 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 phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.01855 (N = 10).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 26; KCTC: 17; JCM: 11; NBRC: 9; KACC: 8; CCTCC: 6; CGMCC: 5; LMG: 5; CIP: 4; CCUG: 4.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 42
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 42
Total number of child taxa: 51

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Cohnella abietis Jiang et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cohnella algarum Lee and Jeon 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cohnella arctica Jiang et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cohnella baijiui Li et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cohnella boryungensis Yoon and Jung 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cohnella caldifontis Xiang et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cohnella candida corrig. Maeng et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cohnella candidum Maeng et al. 2025	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Cohnella capsici Wang et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cohnella cellulosilytica Khianngam et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Cohnella cholangitidis" Kim et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name
    Cohnella collisoli Lee et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Cohnella colombiensis" Diaz-Garcia et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    Cohnella damensis Luo et al. 2010	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Cohnella damuensis corrig. Luo et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cohnella endophytica Meng et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cohnella faecalis Zhu et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cohnella fermenti Lin et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cohnella ferri Mayilraj et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cohnella fontinalis Shiratori et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cohnella formosensis Hameed et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cohnella ginsengisoli Kim et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cohnella hashimotonis Simpson et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cohnella herbarum Won et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cohnella hongkongensis Kämpfer et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Cohnella humi" Nguyen and Lee 2014	not validly published	preferred name
    Cohnella kolymensis Kudryashova et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cohnella laeviribosi Cho et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cohnella lubricantis Kämpfer et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cohnella luojiensis Cai et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cohnella lupini Flores-Félix et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Cohnella massiliensis" Abou Abdallah et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name
    Cohnella mopanensis Tang et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cohnella nanjingensis Huang et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cohnella panacarvi Yoon et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cohnella phaseoli García-Fraile et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Cohnella plantaginis" Wang et al. 2012	not validly published	preferred name
    "Cohnella pontilimi" Baek et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name
    Cohnella rhizoplanae Kämpfer et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cohnella rhizosphaerae Kämpfer et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cohnella saccharovorans Choi et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Cohnella silvisoli" Wang et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    Cohnella soli Kim et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cohnella suwonensis Kim et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cohnella terrae Khianngam et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cohnella terricola Kim et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cohnella thailandensis Khianngam et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cohnella thermotolerans Kämpfer et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cohnella xylanilytica Khianngam et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cohnella yongneupensis Kim et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cohnella zeiphila Johnson et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Paenibacillaceae De Vos et al. 2010

Assigned by: 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. 🇧🇪

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