Species ***Paenibacillus* *larvae***

Name: Paenibacillus larvae (White 1906) Ash et al. 1994

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus larvae White 1906 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: lar’vae. L. gen. masc./fem. n. larvae, of a ghost, of a spectre and in biology of a larva

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 9545; CCUG 28515; CIP 104618; DSM 7030; LMG 15969; LMG 9820; NRRL B-2605

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB073205 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Ash C, Priest FG, Collins MD. Molecular identification of rRNA group 3 bacilli (Ash, Farrow, Wallbanks and Collins) using a PCR probe test. Proposal for the creation of a new genus Paenibacillus. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1993; 64:253-260.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 52. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:197-198.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Bacillus larvae White 1906 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Paenibacillus pulvifaciens (Nakamura 1984 ex Katznelson 1950) Ash et al. 1994	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Paenibacillus larvae subsp. pulvifaciens (Nakamura 1984 ex Katznelson 1950) Heyndrickx et al. 1996	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
Bacillus pulvifaciens (ex Katznelson 1950) Nakamura 1984	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Heyndrickx et al. 1996 Heyndrickx M, Vandemeulebroecke K, Hoste B, Janssen P, Kersters K, De Vos P, Logan NA, Ali N, Berkeley RC. Reclassification of Paenibacillus (formerly Bacillus) pulvifaciens (Nakamura 1984) Ash et al. 1994, a later subjective synonym of Paenibacillus (formerly Bacillus) larvae (White 1906) Ash et al. 1994, as a subspecies of P. larvae, with emended descriptions of P. larvae as P. larvae subsp. larvae and P. larvae subsp. pulvifaciens. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:270-279. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:627.
  Notes:
  - 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the associated publication is not functional any more.
- Genersch et al. 2006 Genersch E, Forsgren E, Pentikainen J, Ashiralieva A, Rauch S, Kilwinski J, Fries I. Reclassification of Paenibacillus larvae subsp. pulvifaciens and Paenibacillus larvae subsp. larvae as Paenibacillus larvae without subspecies differentiation. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:501-511. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1181-1182.
  Notes:
  - 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Genersch et al. (2006), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Bacillus pulvifaciens (ex Katznelson 1950) Nakamura 1984. Publication: Genersch E, Forsgren E, Pentikainen J, Ashiralieva A, Rauch S, Kilwinski J, Fries I. Reclassification of Paenibacillus larvae subsp. pulvifaciens and Paenibacillus larvae subsp. larvae as Paenibacillus larvae without subspecies differentiation. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:501-511.
- ⏰ According to Genersch et al. (2006), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Paenibacillus pulvifaciens (Nakamura 1984 ex Katznelson 1950) Ash et al. 1994. Publication: Genersch E, Forsgren E, Pentikainen J, Ashiralieva A, Rauch S, Kilwinski J, Fries I. Reclassification of Paenibacillus larvae subsp. pulvifaciens and Paenibacillus larvae subsp. larvae as Paenibacillus larvae without subspecies differentiation. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:501-511.
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 3". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: Yes". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PI". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 368 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
- 🧍 This species, listed in the Validation List no. 52 (Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1995, 45, 197-198.), was inadvertently omitted from Validation List no. 51 (Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 852.); the effective date of validation is that of List no. 51 (October 1994). Publication: . Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1995; 45:201.

Subdivision:

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

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Paenibacillus larvae subsp. larvae (White 1906) Heyndrickx et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	synonym of its species (division into subspecies abandoned)
Paenibacillus larvae subsp. pulvifaciens (Nakamura 1984 ex Katznelson 1950) Heyndrickx et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Paenibacillus Ash et al. 1994

Assigned by: Ash C, Priest FG, Collins MD. Molecular identification of rRNA group 3 bacilli (Ash, Farrow, Wallbanks and Collins) using a PCR probe test. Proposal for the creation of a new genus Paenibacillus. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1993; 64:253-260.

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Species Paenibacillus larvae

Species ***Paenibacillus* *larvae***