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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Paenibacillus vandeheii

Name: Paenibacillus vandeheii Simpson et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: van.de.he’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. vandeheii, named in honor of NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei

Pronunciation, gender: wan-de-HE-i-i, masculine

Type strain: DSM 115940; F6_3S_P_1C; NRRL B-65663

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

Effective publication: Simpson AC, Sengupta P, Zhang F, Hameed A, Parker CW, Singh NK, Miliotis G, Rekha PD, Raman K, Mason CE, et al. Phylogenomics, phenotypic, and functional traits of five novel (Earth-derived) bacterial species isolated from the International Space Station and their prevalence in metagenomes. Sci Rep 2023; 13:19207.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 216. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6229.

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: Simpson AC, Sengupta P, Zhang F, Hameed A, Parker CW, Singh NK, Miliotis G, Rekha PD, Raman K, Mason CE, et al. Phylogenomics, phenotypic, and functional traits of five novel (Earth-derived) bacterial species isolated from the International Space Station and their prevalence in metagenomes. Sci Rep 2023; 13:19207.

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Record number: 46600
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