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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Paenibacillus silvestris

Name: Paenibacillus silvestris Kim et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sil.ves’tris. L. masc. adj. silvestris, belonging to a wood

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pa͡e-ni-ba-KIL-lus sil-WES-tris, masculine

Type strain: 5J-6; JCM 33812; KACC 21430

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16S rRNA gene: MN381952 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Kim J, Jung HS, Baek JH, Chun BH, Khan SA, Jeon CO. Paenibacillus silvestris sp. nov., Isolated from Forest Soil. Curr Microbiol 2021; 78:822-829. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 200. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4846.

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: Kim J, Jung HS, Baek JH, Chun BH, Khan SA, Jeon CO. Paenibacillus silvestris sp. nov., Isolated from Forest Soil. Curr Microbiol 2021; 78:822-829. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 13842

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