Species ***Paenibacillus* *glycanilyticus***

Name: Paenibacillus glycanilyticus Dasman et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gly.ca.ni.ly’ti.cus. N.L. neut. n. glycanum, glycan, a heteropolysaccharide; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. glycanilyticus, degrading heteropolysaccharide

Pronunciation, gender: gly-ka-ni-LY-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: DS-1; DSM 17608; IFO 16618; JCM 11221; NBRC 16618; NRRL B-23455

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB042938 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Dasman, Kajiyama S, Kawasaki H, Yagi M, Seki T, Fukusaki E, Kobayashi A. Paenibacillus glycanilyticus sp. nov., a novel species that degrades heteropolysaccharide produced by the cyanobacterium Nostoc commune. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1669-1674. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:3-5.

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 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 25 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 2

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
"Paenibacillus glycanilyticus subsp. glycanilyticus" (Dasman et al. 2002) Akita et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name
"Paenibacillus glycanilyticus subsp. hiroshimensis" Akita et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Paenibacillus Ash et al. 1994

Assigned by: Dasman, Kajiyama S, Kawasaki H, Yagi M, Seki T, Fukusaki E, Kobayashi A. Paenibacillus glycanilyticus sp. nov., a novel species that degrades heteropolysaccharide produced by the cyanobacterium Nostoc commune. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1669-1674. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 779069

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Species Paenibacillus glycanilyticus

Species ***Paenibacillus* *glycanilyticus***