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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Paenibacillus cucumis

Name: Paenibacillus cucumis Kämpfer et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cu’cu.mis. L. masc. n. cucumis, of cucumber (also as genitive)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pa͡e-ni-ba-KIL-lus KU-ku-mis, masculine

Type strain: AP-115; CCM 8655; LMG 29222

16S rRNA gene: KU201962 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Kampfer P, Busse HJ, Kloepper JW, Hu CH, McInroy JA, Glaeser SP. Paenibacillus cucumis sp. nov., isolated from a cucumber plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2599-2603. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3769-3770.

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: Kampfer P, Busse HJ, Kloepper JW, Hu CH, McInroy JA, Glaeser SP. Paenibacillus cucumis sp. nov., isolated from a cucumber plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2599-2603. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 794284

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