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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Paenibacillus dakarensis

Name: Paenibacillus dakarensis Lo et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: da.ka.ren’sis. N.L. masc. adj. dakarensis, originating from Dakar, the capital of Senegal, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … da-ka-REN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CSUR P1429; DSM 29777; FF9

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LM652718 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lo CI, Sankar SA, Fall B, Sambe-Ba B, Mediannikov O, Robert C, Faye N, Wade B, Raoult D, Fournier PE, et al. High-quality genome sequence and description of Paenibacillus dakarensis sp. nov. New Microbes New Infect 2016; 10:132-141. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 199. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4773.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Parent taxon: Paenibacillus Ash et al. 1994

Assigned by: Lo CI, Sankar SA, Fall B, Sambe-Ba B, Mediannikov O, Robert C, Faye N, Wade B, Raoult D, Fournier PE, et al. High-quality genome sequence and description of Paenibacillus dakarensis sp. nov. New Microbes New Infect 2016; 10:132-141. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 19621
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