Species Paenibacillus riograndensis

Name: Paenibacillus riograndensis Beneduzi et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ri.o.gran.den’sis. N.L. masc. adj. riograndensis, referring to Rio Grande do Sul, the state located in Southern Brazil, where the strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pa͡e-ni-ba-KIL-lus ri-o-gran-DEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CCGB 1313; CECT 7330; DSM 28159; SBR5

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16S rRNA gene: EU257201 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Beneduzi A, Costa PB, Parma M, Melo IS, Bodanese-Zanettini MH, Passaglia LM. Paenibacillus riograndensis sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing species isolated from the rhizosphere of Triticum aestivum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:128-133. 🇧🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:719-720.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Paenibacillus sonchi Hong et al. 2009

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Paenibacillus sonchi Hong et al. 2009	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ⏲ According to SantAnna et al. (2017), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Paenibacillus sonchi Hong et al. 2009. Publication: Sant'Anna FH, Ambrosini A, de Souza R, de Carvalho Fernandes G, Bach E, Balsanelli E, Baura V, Brito LF, Wendisch VF, de Oliveira Pedrosa F, et al. Reclassification of Paenibacillus riograndensis as a Genomovar of Paenibacillus sonchi: Genome-Based Metrics Improve Bacterial Taxonomic Classification. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:1849. 🇧🇷
- 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 28. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2137-2138.
- ❗ Paenibacillus riograndensis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Paenibacillus.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.04779 (N = 13).
- 😷 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 13 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of 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: Beneduzi A, Costa PB, Parma M, Melo IS, Bodanese-Zanettini MH, Passaglia LM. Paenibacillus riograndensis sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing species isolated from the rhizosphere of Triticum aestivum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:128-133. 🇧🇷

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Species Paenibacillus riograndensis