Genus Pirella
Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (→) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).
Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Pirella Schlesner and Hirsch 1984, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Pirella staleyi Schlesner and Hirsch 1984.
Etymology: L. n. pirum, pear; L. fem. dim. ending -ella; N.L. fem. n. Pirella, a small pear, referring to the shape of the bacterium.
Valid publication: SCHLESNER (H.) and HIRSCH (P.): Assignment of ATCC 27377to Pirella gen. nov. as Pirella staleyi comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1984, 34, 492-495.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ ¤ Pirellula Schlesner and Hirsch 1987, gen. nov.
Note: The name Pirella is illegitimate because of precedence of the fungal genus Pirella Bainier 1883 [Rule 51b(4)]. Consequently, a new genus designation Pirellula has been proposed by Schlesner and Hirsch 1987.
Reference: SCHLESNER (H.) and HIRSCH (P.): Rejection of the genus name Pirella for pear-shaped budding bacteria and proposal to create the genus Pirellula gen. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1987, 37, 441.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Pirella marina Schlesner 1987, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 49069= DSM 3645 = IFAM 1313.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: X62912.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. marina, of, or belonging to, the sea, marine.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 23. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1987, 37, 179-180.
Effective publication: SCHLESNER (H.): Pirella marina sp. nov., a budding peptidoglycan-less bacterium from brackish water. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1986, 8, 177-180.
Validation List no. 23 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
→ ¤ Pirellula marina (Schlesner 1987) Schlesner and Hirsch 1987, comb. nov.
Note: The name Pirella marina is illegitimate because of precedence of the fungal genus Pirella Bainier 1883 [Rule 51b(4)]. Consequently, a new species designation Pirellula marina (Schlesner 1987) Schlesner and Hirsch 1987, has been proposed by Schlesner and Hirsch 1987.
Reference: SCHLESNER (H.) and HIRSCH (P.): Rejection of the genus name Pirella for pear-shaped budding bacteria and proposal to create the genus Pirellula gen. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1987, 37, 441.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ ¤ Blastopirellula marina (Schlesner 1987) Schlesner et al. 2004, comb. nov.
Pirella staleyi Schlesner and Hirsch 1984, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 27377= DSM 6068.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: CP001848 (complete genome).
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. staleyi, of Staley, named after James T. Staley, who isolated strain ATCC 27377, under the name Pasteuria ramosa.
Valid publication: SCHLESNER (H.) and HIRSCH (P.): Assignment of ATCC 27377to Pirella gen. nov. as Pirella staleyi comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1984, 34, 492-495.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: The strain ATCC 27377= DSM 6068 was previously the type strain of ¤ Pasteuria ramosa Metchnikoff 1888 (Approved Lists 1980).
→ ¤ Pirellula staleyi (Schlesner and Hirsch 1984) Schlesner and Hirsch 1987, comb. nov.
Note: The name Pirella staleyi is illegitimate because of precedence of the fungal genus Pirella Bainier 1883 [Rule 51b(4)]. Consequently, a new species designation Pirellula staleyi (Schlesner and Hirsch 1984) Schlesner and Hirsch 1987, has been proposed by Schlesner and Hirsch 1987.
Reference: SCHLESNER (H.) and HIRSCH (P.): Rejection of the genus name Pirella for pear-shaped budding bacteria and proposal to create the genus Pirellula gen. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1987, 37, 441.
Original article in IJSEM Online