Species ***Paenibacillus* *uliginis***

Name: Paenibacillus uliginis Behrendt et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: u.li.gi’nis. L. fem. n. uligo (gen. uliginis), moisture, marshy quality of the earth; L. gen. fem. n. uliginis, of moisture

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 21861; LMG 24790; N3/975

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MN543865 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Behrendt U, Schumann P, Stieglmeier M, Pukall R, Augustin J, Sproer C, Schwendner P, Moissl-Eichinger C, Ulrich A. Characterization of heterotrophic nitrifying bacteria with respiratory ammonification and denitrification activity--description of Paenibacillus uliginis sp. nov., an inhabitant of fen peat soil and Paenibacillus purispatii sp. nov., isolated from a spacecraft assembly clean room. Syst Appl Microbiol 2010; 33:328-336. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 137. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1-3.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 😷 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 4 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: Behrendt U, Schumann P, Stieglmeier M, Pukall R, Augustin J, Sproer C, Schwendner P, Moissl-Eichinger C, Ulrich A. Characterization of heterotrophic nitrifying bacteria with respiratory ammonification and denitrification activity--description of Paenibacillus uliginis sp. nov., an inhabitant of fen peat soil and Paenibacillus purispatii sp. nov., isolated from a spacecraft assembly clean room. Syst Appl Microbiol 2010; 33:328-336. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 788910

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Species Paenibacillus uliginis

Species ***Paenibacillus* *uliginis***