Species ***Paenibacillus* *agarexedens***

Name: Paenibacillus agarexedens (ex Wieringa 1941) Uetanabaro et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: a.gar.ex.e’dens. N.L. neut. n. agarum, agar; L. inf. v. exedere, to eat up, utilize; N.L. masc. part. adj. agarexedens, agar-utilizing

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-gar-eks-E-dens, masculine

Type strain: 10; CIP 107437; DSM 1327

16S rRNA gene: AJ345020 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Uetanabaro AP, Wahrenburg C, Hunger W, Pukall R, Sproer C, Stackebrandt E, de Canhos VP, Claus D, Fritze D. Paenibacillus agarexedens sp. nov., nom. rev., and Paenibacillus agaridevorans sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1051-1057. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1703-1705.

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 2023-10-29. 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 3 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 risk group of the genus.
- 🧍 In the paper by Uetanabaro et al. 2003, Paenibacillus agarexedens is proposed as a species nova and a nomen revictum. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷
- 🧍 Nom. rev. / Synonym: "Bacillus agar-exedens" (sic) Wieringa 1941. Publication: Cohn F. Untersuchungen über Bakterien. In: Cohn F (eds), Beiträge zur Biologie der Pflanzen 1 (Heft 2), 1872, Max Müller, Breslau, 1875, p. 127-224.

Parent taxon: Paenibacillus Ash et al. 1994

Assigned by: Uetanabaro AP, Wahrenburg C, Hunger W, Pukall R, Sproer C, Stackebrandt E, de Canhos VP, Claus D, Fritze D. Paenibacillus agarexedens sp. nov., nom. rev., and Paenibacillus agaridevorans sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1051-1057. 🇩🇪

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Species Paenibacillus agarexedens

Species ***Paenibacillus* *agarexedens***