Species Paenalcaligenes niemegkensis

Name: Paenalcaligenes niemegkensis Mitzscherling et al. 2022

Category, proposed as: species, 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 (Latin), gender: pa͡en-al-ka-LI-ge-nes 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)

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 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