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Species Lysinibacillus phoenicis
Name: Lysinibacillus phoenicis Schultz et al. 2025
Etymology: phoe.ni’cis. L. gen. masc. n. phoenicis, of phoenix, isolated from the sur face of the clean room where the Mars Phoenix spacecraft was assem bled
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … pho͡e-NI-kis, masculine
Type strain: 1P01SD; DSM 117981; MTCC 13636
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
Effective publication:
Schultz J, Jamil T, Sengupta P, Sivabalan SKM, Rawat A, Patel N, Krishnamurthi S, Alam I, Singh NK, Raman K, et al. Genomic insights into novel extremotolerant bacteria isolated from the NASA Phoenix mission spacecraft assembly cleanrooms. Microbiome 2025; 13:117. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 226. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6910.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-12-16.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.
Parent taxon: Lysinibacillus Ahmed et al. 2007
Assigned by:
Schultz J, Jamil T, Sengupta P, Sivabalan SKM, Rawat A, Patel N, Krishnamurthi S, Alam I, Singh NK, Raman K, et al. Genomic insights into novel extremotolerant bacteria isolated from the NASA Phoenix mission spacecraft assembly cleanrooms. Microbiome 2025; 13:117. 🇸🇦
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Record number: 66032
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