Name: "Paenalicyclobacillus curvatus" (Jiang et al. 2022) Sinninghe Damsté et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Alicyclobacillus curvatus Jiang et al. 2022

Etymology: cur.va’tus. L. masc. part. adj. curvatus, bent, curved, referring to the curved shape of the cell

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … kur-WA-tus, masculine

Nomenclatural type: ALEF1; CGMCC 1.17055; KCTC 43124; NBRC 11738

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Original publication: Sinninghe Damste JS, Villanueva L, Pukall R. A chemotaxonomic and phylogenomic re-evaluation of the genus Alicyclobacillus: A proposal for reclassification of about half of the species into the new genus, Paenalicyclobacillus gen. nov., with an emended description of the genus Alicyclobacillus, and recognition that the names Alicyclobacillus tengchongensis and Alicyclobacillus montanus are later heterotypic synonyms of Alicyclobacillus tolerans. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126651. 🇳🇱

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Alicyclobacillus curvatus Jiang et al. 2022

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Alicyclobacillus curvatus Jiang et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Parent taxon: "Paenalicyclobacillus" Sinninghe Damsté et al. 2025

Assigned by: Sinninghe Damste JS, Villanueva L, Pukall R. A chemotaxonomic and phylogenomic re-evaluation of the genus Alicyclobacillus: A proposal for reclassification of about half of the species into the new genus, Paenalicyclobacillus gen. nov., with an emended description of the genus Alicyclobacillus, and recognition that the names Alicyclobacillus tengchongensis and Alicyclobacillus montanus are later heterotypic synonyms of Alicyclobacillus tolerans. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126651. 🇳🇱

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Record number: 68886