cohnella hongkongensis cohnella hongkongensis cohnella hongkongensis, formerly known as paenibacillus hongkongensis, is a species in the bacterial genus cohnella. it is gram-positive, rod-shaped and endospore-forming, with type strain hku3t (=ccug 49571t =cip 107898t =dsm 17642t). cohnella hongkongensis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli order: bacillales family: paenibacillaceae genus: cohnella species: cohnella hongkongensiskämpfer et al. 2006