“…The genus contains 211 recognized species [2] (http://www.bacterio.net/paenibacillus.html). Only 22 species has been reported from human clinical samples: P. alvei, P. faecis, P. ihumii, P. konsidensis, P. larvae, P. lautus, P. macerans, P. massiliensis, P. pasadenensis, P. polymyxa, P. provencensis, P. residui, P. sanguinis, P. sputi, P. thiaminolyticus, P. timonensis, P. turicensis, P. urinalis and P. vulneris
[3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18], as well as two species still officially not recognized ( P. honkongensis and P. dakarensis ) [19], [20] and recently P. antibioticophila
[21]. Those strains were recognized as responsible for true infections or transient infections colonizing blood and other human sources, or as a possible contamination occurring during the process of obtaining the sample.…”