Species ***Paenibacillus* *barcinonensis***

Name: Paenibacillus barcinonensis Sánchez et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bar.ci.no.nen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. barcinonensis, pertaining to Barcino, of Barcino, the Roman name for Barcelona, the city in Spain where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … bar-ki-no-NEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: BP-23; CECT 7022; DSM 15478

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ716019 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sanchez MM, Fritze D, Blanco A, Sproer C, Tindall BJ, Schumann P, Kroppenstedt RM, Diaz P, Pastor FIJ. Paenibacillus barcinonensis sp. nov., a xylanase-producing bacterium isolated from a rice field in the Ebro River delta. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:935-939. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1399-1402.

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 29 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: Sanchez MM, Fritze D, Blanco A, Sproer C, Tindall BJ, Schumann P, Kroppenstedt RM, Diaz P, Pastor FIJ. Paenibacillus barcinonensis sp. nov., a xylanase-producing bacterium isolated from a rice field in the Ebro River delta. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:935-939. 🇪🇸

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Record number: 779052

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Species Paenibacillus barcinonensis

Species ***Paenibacillus* *barcinonensis***