Genus Paenibacillus

Name: Paenibacillus Ash et al. 1994

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pae.ni.ba.cil’lus. L. adv. paene, almost; L. masc. n. bacillus, a rod and also a bacterial genus name (Bacillus); N.L. masc. n. Paenibacillus, almost a Bacillus

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Paenibacill-), pa͡e-ni-ba-KIL-lus

Type species: Paenibacillus polymyxa (Prazmowski 1880) Ash et al. 1994

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Ash C, Priest FG, Collins MD. Molecular identification of rRNA group 3 bacilli (Ash, Farrow, Wallbanks and Collins) using a PCR probe test. Proposal for the creation of a new genus Paenibacillus. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1993; 64:253-260. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 51. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:852.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 337
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 345
Total number of child taxa: 428

Parent taxon: Paenibacillaceae De Vos et al. 2010

Assigned by: De Vos P, Ludwig W, Schleifer KH, Whitman WB. Family IV. Paenibacillaceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, Schleifer KH, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, Dordrecht, Heidelberg, London, New York, 2009, p. 269. 🇧🇪

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Record number: 516243
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