Species Paenibacillus contaminans

Name: Paenibacillus contaminans Chou et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: con.ta’mi.nans. L. masc. part. adj. contaminans, contaminating

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pa͡e-ni-ba-KIL-lus kon-TA-mi-nans, masculine

Type strain: BCRC 17728; CKOBP-6; LMG 24216

16S rRNA gene: EF626690 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Chou JH, Lee JH, Lin MC, Chang PS, Arun AB, Young CC, Chen WM. Paenibacillus contaminans sp. nov., isolated from a contaminated laboratory plate. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:125-129. 🇹🇼

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:645-646.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Paenibacillus Ash et al. 1994

Assigned by: Chou JH, Lee JH, Lin MC, Chang PS, Arun AB, Young CC, Chen WM. Paenibacillus contaminans sp. nov., isolated from a contaminated laboratory plate. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:125-129. 🇹🇼

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