Species ***Paenibacillus* *dendritiformis***

Name: Paenibacillus dendritiformis Tcherpakov et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: den.dri.ti.for’mis. Gr. neut. n. dendron, tree; L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -formis, -like, in the shape of; from L. fem. n. forma, figure, shape, appearance; N.L. masc. adj. dendritiformis, tree-shaped, referring to the tree like-shapes of the colonies on agar

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … den-dri-ti-FOR-mis, masculine

Type strain: 30A1; CIP 105967; DSM 18844; T168

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16S rRNA gene: Y16128 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tcherpakov M, Ben-Jacob E, Gutnick DL. Paenibacillus dendritiformis sp. nov., proposal for a new pattern-forming species and its localization within a phylogenetic cluster. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:239-246. 🇮🇱

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:343-344.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 42 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Paenibacillus Ash et al. 1994

Assigned by: Tcherpakov M, Ben-Jacob E, Gutnick DL. Paenibacillus dendritiformis sp. nov., proposal for a new pattern-forming species and its localization within a phylogenetic cluster. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:239-246. 🇮🇱

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Species Paenibacillus dendritiformis

Species ***Paenibacillus* *dendritiformis***