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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Paenibacillus jepli

Name: Paenibacillus jepli Schultz et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: je’pli. N.L. gen. neut. n. jepli, arbitrary name derived from the abbreviation JPL, meaning of or pertaining to the NASA’s Jet Propulsion Labo ratory, where the type strain of the species was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … JE-pli, masculine

Type strain: 1P07SE; DSM 118005; MTCC 13640

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: PP475409 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Schultz J, Jamil T, Sengupta P, Sivabalan SKM, Rawat A, Patel N, Krishnamurthi S, Alam I, Singh NK, Raman K, et al. Genomic insights into novel extremotolerant bacteria isolated from the NASA Phoenix mission spacecraft assembly cleanrooms. Microbiome 2025; 13:117. 🇸🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 226. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6910.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Parent taxon: Paenibacillus Ash et al. 1994

Assigned by: Schultz J, Jamil T, Sengupta P, Sivabalan SKM, Rawat A, Patel N, Krishnamurthi S, Alam I, Singh NK, Raman K, et al. Genomic insights into novel extremotolerant bacteria isolated from the NASA Phoenix mission spacecraft assembly cleanrooms. Microbiome 2025; 13:117. 🇸🇦

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Record number: 66039
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