Species ***Paenibacillus* *amylolyticus***

Name: Paenibacillus amylolyticus (Nakamura 1984 ex Choukévitch 1911) Ash et al. 1994

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus amylolyticus (ex Choukévitch 1911) Nakamura 1984

Etymology: a.my.lo.ly’ti.cus. Gr. neut. n. amylon, starch; Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. amylolyticus, dissolving starch

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pa͡e-ni-ba-KIL-lus a-my-lo-LY-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 9995; DSM 11730; DSM 11747; DSM 15211; DSM 3034; NRRL B-377; NRRL NRS-290

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: D85396 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Ash C, Priest FG, Collins MD. Molecular identification of rRNA group 3 bacilli (Ash, Farrow, Wallbanks and Collins) using a PCR probe test. Proposal for the creation of a new genus Paenibacillus. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1993; 64:253-260. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 52. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:197-198.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Bacillus amylolyticus (ex Choukévitch 1911) Nakamura 1984	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Shida et al. 1997 Shida O, Takagi H, Kadowaki K, Nakamura LK, Komagata K. Emended description of Paenibacillus amylolyticus and description of Paenibacillus illinoisensis sp. nov. and Paenibacillus chibensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:299-306. 🇯🇵 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.

Notes:
- 😷 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 2026-08-13. 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 71 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
- 🧍 This species, listed in the Validation List no. 52 (Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1995, 45, 197-198.), was inadvertently omitted from Validation List no. 51 (Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 852.); the effective date of validation is that of List no. 51 (October 1994). Publication: Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1995; 45:201.

Parent taxon: Paenibacillus Ash et al. 1994

Assigned by: Ash C, Priest FG, Collins MD. Molecular identification of rRNA group 3 bacilli (Ash, Farrow, Wallbanks and Collins) using a PCR probe test. Proposal for the creation of a new genus Paenibacillus. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1993; 64:253-260. 🇬🇧

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Species Paenibacillus amylolyticus

Species ***Paenibacillus* *amylolyticus***