Species ***Paenibacillus* *turicensis***

Name: Paenibacillus turicensis Bosshard et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tu.ri.cen’sis. L. masc. adj. turicensis, of Turicum, the Latin name of Zürich, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … tu-ri-KEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: DSM 14349; MOL722; NCCB 100011

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF378694 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bosshard PP, Zbinden R, Altwegg M. Paenibacillus turicensis sp. nov., a novel bacterium harbouring heterogeneities between 16S rRNA genes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2241-2249. 🇨🇭

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:375-376.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- 😷 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 3 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Paenibacillus Ash et al. 1994

Assigned by: Bosshard PP, Zbinden R, Altwegg M. Paenibacillus turicensis sp. nov., a novel bacterium harbouring heterogeneities between 16S rRNA genes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2241-2249. 🇨🇭

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Record number: 779103

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Species Paenibacillus turicensis

Species ***Paenibacillus* *turicensis***