Species ***Paenibacillus* *alginolyticus***

Name: Paenibacillus alginolyticus (Nakamura 1987) Shida et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus alginolyticus Nakamura 1987

Etymology: al.gi.no.ly’ti.cus. N.L. neut. n. acidum alginicum, alginic acid; Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. alginolyticus, alginic acid dissolving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pa͡e-ni-ba-KIL-lus al-gi-no-LY-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 51185; CFBP 4264; CIP 103122; DSM 5050; HSCC 175; IFO 15375; JCM 9068; LMG 18039; NBRC 15375; NCIB 12517; NCIMB 12517; NRRL NRS-1347

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB073362 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shida O, Takagi H, Kadowaki K, Nakamura LK, Komagata K. Transfer of Bacillus alginolyticus, Bacillus chondroitinus, Bacillus curdlanolyticus, Bacillus glucanolyticus, Bacillus kobensis, and Bacillus thiaminolyticus to the genus Paenibacillus and emended description of the genus Paenibacillus. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:289-298. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:917-919.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Bacillus alginolyticus Nakamura 1987	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Li et al. 2025 Li B, Liang Z, Chen D, Mao W, Zhang R, Hu Z, Gao J. Reclassification of Paenibacillus frigoriresistens Ming et al. 2012 as a later heterotypic synonym of Paenibacillus alginolyticus (Nakamura 1987) Shida et al. 1997. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6888. 🇨🇳 Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6967.

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.03819 (N = 12).
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 18 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 risk group of the genus.
- 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683. 🇺🇸

Parent taxon: Paenibacillus Ash et al. 1994

Assigned by: Shida O, Takagi H, Kadowaki K, Nakamura LK, Komagata K. Transfer of Bacillus alginolyticus, Bacillus chondroitinus, Bacillus curdlanolyticus, Bacillus glucanolyticus, Bacillus kobensis, and Bacillus thiaminolyticus to the genus Paenibacillus and emended description of the genus Paenibacillus. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:289-298. 🇯🇵

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Species ***Paenibacillus* *alginolyticus***