Name: Paenalcaligenes niemegkensis Mitzscherling et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: nie.meg.ken’sis. N.L. masc. adj. niemegkensis, referring to Niemegk, the city in Germany where the type strain was isolated from

Pronunciation, gender: nie-meg-KEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: DSM 113270; NCCB 100854; NGK35

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Valid publication: Mitzscherling J, MacLean J, Lipus D, Bartholomaus A, Mangelsdorf K, Lipski A, Roddatis V, Liebner S, Wagner D. Paenalcaligenes niemegkensis sp. nov., a novel species of the family Alcaligenaceae isolated from plastic waste. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 71:5333.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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 pathogenicity of other species in the genus.
  • 🧍 This name was not found in the expected IJSEM notification list.

Parent taxon: Paenalcaligenes Kämpfer et al. 2010

Assigned by: Mitzscherling J, MacLean J, Lipus D, Bartholomaus A, Mangelsdorf K, Lipski A, Roddatis V, Liebner S, Wagner D. Paenalcaligenes niemegkensis sp. nov., a novel species of the family Alcaligenaceae isolated from plastic waste. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 71:5333.

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Record number: 28437