Species Paenalicyclobacillus herbarius

Name: Paenalicyclobacillus herbarius (Goto et al. 2002) Sinninghe Damsté et al. 2026

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Alicyclobacillus herbarius Goto et al. 2002

Etymology: her.ba’ri.us. L. masc. n. herbarius, herb, from which the organism was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pa͡en-a-li-ky-klo-ba-KIL-lus her-BA-ri-us, masculine

Type strain: CP-1; DSM 13609; IAM 14883; JCM 21376; NBRC 100860; NRIC 477

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB042055 Analyse FASTA

Effective 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. 🇳🇱

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 228. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7052.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Alicyclobacillus herbarius Goto et al. 2002

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Alicyclobacillus herbarius Goto et al. 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Paenalicyclobacillus herbarius is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Paenalicyclobacillus.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Paenalicyclobacillus Sinninghe Damsté et al. 2026

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: 67617

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