Species ***Paenibacillus* *illinoisensis***

Name: Paenibacillus illinoisensis Shida et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: il.li.no.i.sen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. illinoisensis, referring to Illinois, the state where Microbial Properties Research, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, U.S. Department of Agriculture is located

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pa͡e-ni-ba-KIL-lus il-li-no-i-SEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CIP 105253; DSM 11733; HSCC 309; IFO 15959; JCM 9907; LMG 18051; NBRC 15959; NRRL NRS-1356

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB073192 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shida O, Takagi H, Kadowaki K, Nakamura LK, Komagata K. Emended description of Paenibacillus amylolyticus and description of Paenibacillus illinoisensis sp. nov. and Paenibacillus chibensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:299-306. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:917-919.

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 Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 19 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 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.
- 🧍 Paenibacillus illinoisensis was previously known as Bacillus circulans group 6. Publication: Jordan EO. A report on certain species of bacteria observed in sewage. In: Sedgewick WT (eds), A Report of the Biological Work of the Lawrence Experiment Station, Including an Account of Methods Employed and Results Obtained in the Microscopical and Bacteriological Investigation of Sewage and Water. Report on Water Supply and Sewerage (Part II). The Report of the Massachusetts Board of Health, Massachusetts Board of Public Health, Boston, 1890, p. 821-844.

Parent taxon: Paenibacillus Ash et al. 1994

Assigned by: Shida O, Takagi H, Kadowaki K, Nakamura LK, Komagata K. Emended description of Paenibacillus amylolyticus and description of Paenibacillus illinoisensis sp. nov. and Paenibacillus chibensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:299-306. 🇯🇵

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Species Paenibacillus illinoisensis

Species ***Paenibacillus* *illinoisensis***