Species ***Paenibacillus* *massiliensis***

Name: Paenibacillus massiliensis Roux and Raoult 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mas.si.li.en’sis. L. masc. adj. massiliensis, pertaining to Massilia, the Roman name for Marseille, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … mas-si-li-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: 2301065; CCUG 48215; CIP 107939; DSM 16942

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16S rRNA gene: AY230766 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Roux V, Raoult D. Paenibacillus massiliensis sp. nov., Paenibacillus sanguinis sp. nov. and Paenibacillus timonensis sp. nov., isolated from blood cultures. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1049-1054. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1911-1913.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Emendations:
- Tonial et al. 2020 Tonial F, Guella F, Passaglia LMP, Sant'Anna FH. Genome-based reclassification of Paenibacillus panacisoli DSM 21345^T as Paenibacillus massiliensis subsp. panacisoli subsp. nov. and description of Paenibacillus massiliensis subsp. massiliensis subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4838-4842. 🇧🇷 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5602-5608.

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.08958 (N = 13).
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 7 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
- 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683. 🇺🇸

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
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 massiliensis subsp. massiliensis (Roux and Raoult 2004) Tonial et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Paenibacillus massiliensis subsp. panacisoli (Ten et al. 2006) Tonial et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Paenibacillus Ash et al. 1994

Assigned by: Roux V, Raoult D. Paenibacillus massiliensis sp. nov., Paenibacillus sanguinis sp. nov. and Paenibacillus timonensis sp. nov., isolated from blood cultures. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1049-1054. 🇫🇷

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Species Paenibacillus massiliensis

Species ***Paenibacillus* *massiliensis***