Species ***Paenibacillus* *lemnae***

Name: Paenibacillus lemnae Kittiwongwattana and Thawai 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lem’nae. N.L. gen. fem. n. lemnae, of Lemna, the duckweed

Pronunciation, gender: LEM-na͡e, masculine

Type strain: BCC 67838; L7-75; NBRC 109972

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16S rRNA gene: AB819817 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kittiwongwattana C, Thawai C. Paenibacillus lemnae sp. nov., an endophytic bacterium of duckweed (Lemna aequinoctialis). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:107-112. 🇹🇭

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1112-1113.

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 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 2 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.

Parent taxon: Paenibacillus Ash et al. 1994

Assigned by: Kittiwongwattana C, Thawai C. Paenibacillus lemnae sp. nov., an endophytic bacterium of duckweed (Lemna aequinoctialis). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:107-112. 🇹🇭

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Record number: 792440

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Species Paenibacillus lemnae

Species ***Paenibacillus* *lemnae***