Species Paenibacillus phocaeensis

Name: Paenibacillus phocaeensis corrig. Tidjani Alou et al. 2026

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pho.cae.en’sis. L. masc. adj. phocaeensis, referring to Phocaea, the name of the Ionian Greek city where the founders of Marseille came from. The strain was isolated in Marseille

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pa͡e-ni-ba-KIL-lus pho-ka͡e-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CSUR P2238; DSM 101777; mt24

16S rRNA gene: LN998053 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Tidjani Alou M, Rathored J, Nguyen TT, Andrieu C, Couderc C, Brah S, Diallo BA, Fournier PE, Raoult D, Dubourg G. Paenibacillus phocaensis sp. nov., isolated from the gut microbiota of a healthy infant. New Microbes New Infect 2017; 16:13-24. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 229. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7141.

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: Tidjani Alou M, Rathored J, Nguyen TT, Andrieu C, Couderc C, Brah S, Diallo BA, Fournier PE, Raoult D, Dubourg G. Paenibacillus phocaensis sp. nov., isolated from the gut microbiota of a healthy infant. New Microbes New Infect 2017; 16:13-24. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 72689

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