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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Paenibacillus hongkongensis"

Name: "Paenibacillus hongkongensis" Teng et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hong.kong.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. hongkongensis, pertaining to Hong Kong SAR, PR China, where the bacterium was first isolated

Pronunciation, gender: hon͡g-kon͡g-EN-sis, masculine

Nomenclatural type: CCUG 49571; CIP 107898; DSM 15572; DSM 17642; HKU3

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16S rRNA gene: AF433165 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Teng JL, Woo PC, Leung KW, Lau SK, Wong MK, Yuen KY. Pseudobacteraemia in a patient with neutropenic fever caused by a novel paenibacillus species: Paenibacillus hongkongensis sp. nov. Mol Pathol 2003; 56:29-35. 🇭🇰

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Cohnella hongkongensis Kämpfer et al. 2006

Parent taxon: Paenibacillus Ash et al. 1994

Assigned by: Teng JL, Woo PC, Leung KW, Lau SK, Wong MK, Yuen KY. Pseudobacteraemia in a patient with neutropenic fever caused by a novel paenibacillus species: Paenibacillus hongkongensis sp. nov. Mol Pathol 2003; 56:29-35. 🇭🇰

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Record number: 779072
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