cohnella thermotolerans cohnella thermotolerans cohnella thermotolerans is the type species of the bacterial genus cohnella. it is gram-positive, rod-shaped and endospore-forming, with type strain ccug 47242t (=cip 108492t =dsm 17683t). cohnella thermotolerans scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli order: bacillales family: paenibacillaceae genus: cohnella species: cohnella thermotoleranskämpfer et al. 2006