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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Paenibacillus cookii

Name: Paenibacillus cookii Logan et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: coo’ki.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. cookii, of Cook, referring to Captain James Cook, of HMS Resolution, who discovered Candlemas Island on Candlemas Day (2 February), 1775

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … KOO-ki-i, masculine

Type strain: CIP 108110; DSM 16944; isolate SSI018; LMG 18419; Logan collection no. B1718

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AJ250317 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Logan NA, De Clerck E, Lebbe L, Verhelst A, Goris J, Forsyth G, Rodriguez-Diaz M, Heyndrickx M, De Vos P. Paenibacillus cineris sp. nov. and Paenibacillus cookii sp. nov., from Antarctic volcanic soils and a gelatin-processing plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1071-1076. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1911-1913.

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: Logan NA, De Clerck E, Lebbe L, Verhelst A, Goris J, Forsyth G, Rodriguez-Diaz M, Heyndrickx M, De Vos P. Paenibacillus cineris sp. nov. and Paenibacillus cookii sp. nov., from Antarctic volcanic soils and a gelatin-processing plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1071-1076. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 779060
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