Species ***Paenibacillus* *assamensis***

Name: Paenibacillus assamensis Saha et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: as.sam.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. assamensis, pertaining to Assam, a north-eastern state in India, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 18201; GPTSA 11; JCM 13186; MTCC 6934

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY884046 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Saha P, Mondal AK, Mayilraj S, Krishnamurthi S, Bhattacharya A, Chakrabarti T. Paenibacillus assamensis sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from a warm spring in Assam, India. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2577-2581.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:319-321.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.01570 (N = 13).
- 😷 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 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🧍 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 2022; 168:0.
- 🧍 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: Saha P, Mondal AK, Mayilraj S, Krishnamurthi S, Bhattacharya A, Chakrabarti T. Paenibacillus assamensis sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from a warm spring in Assam, India. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2577-2581.

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Species Paenibacillus assamensis

Species ***Paenibacillus* *assamensis***