Bacillus validus (ex Bredemann and Heigener 1935) Nakamura 1984 Paenibacillus validus (Nakamura 1984) Ash et al. 1994 Heyndrickx M. Vandemeulebroecke K. Scheldeman P. Hoste B. Kersters K. De Vos P. Logan N.A. Aziz A.M. Ali N. Berkeley R.C.W. Paenibacillus (Formerly Bacillus) gordonae (Pichinoty et. al. 1986) Ash et al. 1994 Is a Later Subjective Synonym of Paenibacillus (Formerly Bacillus) validus (Nakamura 1984) Ash et al. 1994: Emended Description of P. validus. 1995 45 4 661 669 International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology Int J Syst Bacteriol 0020-7713 10.1099/00207713-45-4-661 7547285 List Editor Validation List no. 52. Validation of the publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. 1995 45 1 197 198 International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology Int J Syst Bacteriol 0020-7713 10.1099/00207713-45-1-197 Goto K. Kato Y. Asahara M. Yokota A. Evaluation of the hypervariable region in the 16S rDNA sequence as an index for rapid species identification in the genus Paenibacillus 2002 48 281 285 The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology J Gen Appl Microbiol 0022-1260 1349-8037 12501438 Although M77489 is reported to be the 16S sequence for NCIMB 12782, it does not match other 16S sequences submitted for this strain. It may be a chimeric sequence a contaminant, or a mislabeled strain.