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Species Paenibacillus lactis

Name: Paenibacillus lactis Scheldeman et al. 2004

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: lac’tis. L. neut. n. lac, milk; L. gen. neut. n. lactis, of milk, referring to milk (and its environment on the dairy farm) as the principal isolation source

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pa͡e-ni-ba-KIL-lus LAK-tis, masculine

Type strain: DSM 15596; LMG 21940; MB 1871

16S rRNA gene: AY257868 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Scheldeman P, Goossens K, Rodriguez-Diaz M, Pil A, Goris J, Herman L, De Vos P, Logan NA, Heyndrickx M. Paenibacillus lactis sp. nov., isolated from raw and heat-treated milk. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:885-891. 🇧🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1427-1428.

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 2026-08-13. 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 18 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 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: Scheldeman P, Goossens K, Rodriguez-Diaz M, Pil A, Goris J, Herman L, De Vos P, Logan NA, Heyndrickx M. Paenibacillus lactis sp. nov., isolated from raw and heat-treated milk. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:885-891. 🇧🇪

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Record number: 779076