Species Paenibacillus melissococcoides

Name: Paenibacillus melissococcoides Ory et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.lis.so.coc.co.i’des. N.L. masc. n. Melissococcus, a bacterial genus; L. adj. suff. -oides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. adj. suff. -eides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. n. eîdos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure; N.L. masc. adj. melissococcoides, Melissococcus-like

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pa͡e-ni-ba-KIL-lus me-lis-so-kok-ko-I-des, masculine

Type strain: 2.1; CCOS 2000; DSM 113619; LMG 32539

16S rRNA gene: OW961637 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Ory F, Dietemann V, Guisolan A, von Ah U, Fleuti C, Oberhaensli S, Charriere JD, Dainat B. Paenibacillus melissococcoides sp. nov., isolated from a honey bee colony affected by European foulbrood disease. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5829. 🇨🇭

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5937.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Paenibacillus Ash et al. 1994

Assigned by: Ory F, Dietemann V, Guisolan A, von Ah U, Fleuti C, Oberhaensli S, Charriere JD, Dainat B. Paenibacillus melissococcoides sp. nov., isolated from a honey bee colony affected by European foulbrood disease. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5829. 🇨🇭

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Record number: 37728

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