Species ***Paenibacillus* *harenae***

Name: Paenibacillus harenae Jeon et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.re’nae. L. gen. fem. n. harenae, of sand, referring to the isolation of the type strain from desert sand

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ha-RE-na͡e, masculine

Type strain: B 519; DSM 16969; KCTC 3951

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY839867 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jeon CO, Lim JM, Lee SS, Chung BS, Park DJ, Xu LH, Jiang CL, Kim CJ. Paenibacillus harenae sp. nov., isolated from desert sand in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:13-17. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:645-646.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.02655 (N = 13).
- 😷 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 5 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.
- 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683. 🇺🇸

Parent taxon: Paenibacillus Ash et al. 1994

Assigned by: Jeon CO, Lim JM, Lee SS, Chung BS, Park DJ, Xu LH, Jiang CL, Kim CJ. Paenibacillus harenae sp. nov., isolated from desert sand in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:13-17. 🇰🇷

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Species Paenibacillus harenae

Species ***Paenibacillus* *harenae***