Name: "Paenalicyclobacillus herbarius" (Goto et al. 2002) Sinninghe Damsté et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: 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, gender: her-BA-ri-us, masculine

Nomenclatural type: CP-1; DSM 13609; IAM 14883; JCM 21376; NBRC 100860; NRIC 477

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16S rRNA gene: AB042055 Analyse FASTA

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 herbarius Goto et al. 2002

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Alicyclobacillus herbarius Goto et al. 2002	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: 67617