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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Paenibacillus spongiae

Name: Paenibacillus spongiae Zhang et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: spon’gi.ae. L. gen. fem. n. spongiae, of a sponge, the source of the type strain

Gender: masculine

Type strain: KCTC 43443; MCCC 1K07848; PHS-Z3

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: OM970862 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang M, Song Q, Sang J, Li Z. Paenibacillus spongiae sp. nov. isolated from deep-water marine sponge Theonella swinhoei. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6122. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6213.

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: Zhang M, Song Q, Sang J, Li Z. Paenibacillus spongiae sp. nov. isolated from deep-water marine sponge Theonella swinhoei. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6122. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 41203
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