Species ***Paenibacillus* *physcomitrellae***

Name: Paenibacillus physcomitrellae Zhou et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: phys.co.mi.trel’lae. N.L. fem. dim. n. Physcomitrella, the scientific name of a moss genus (Physcomitrella); N.L. gen. fem. dim. n. physcomitrellae, of Physcomitrella patens, a moss from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: p^hys-ko-mi-TREL-la͡e, masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.15044; DSM 29851; XB

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KP334123 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhou X, Nan Guo G, Qi Wang L, Lan Bai S, Li Li C, Yu R, Hong Li Y. Paenibacillus physcomitrellae sp. nov., isolated from the moss Physcomitrella patens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3400-3406. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
- 😷 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 6 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: Zhou X, Nan Guo G, Qi Wang L, Lan Bai S, Li Li C, Yu R, Hong Li Y. Paenibacillus physcomitrellae sp. nov., isolated from the moss Physcomitrella patens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3400-3406. 🇨🇳

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Species Paenibacillus physcomitrellae

Species ***Paenibacillus* *physcomitrellae***