Genus Blastopirellula
Name: Blastopirellula Schlesner et al. 2004
Etymology: Gr. masc. n. [βλαστός] blastos, bud, shoot; N.L. fem. dim. n. Pirellula, name of a bacterial genus; N.L. fem. dim. n. Blastopirellula, a budding Pirellula
Type species: Blastopirellula marina (Schlesner 1987) Schlesner et al. 2004
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Schlesner H, Rensmann C, Tindall BJ, Gade D, Rabus R, Pfeiffer S, Hirsch P. Taxonomic heterogeneity within the Planctomycetales as derived by DNA-DNA hybridization, description of Rhodopirellula baltica gen. nov., sp. nov., transfer of Pirellula marina to the genus Blastopirellula gen. nov. as Blastopirellula marina comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Pirellula. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1567-1580. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:3-5.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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Schlesner et al. (2004) assigned this genus to the family Planctomycetaceae Schlesner and Stackebrandt 1987.
Publication:
Schlesner H, Rensmann C, Tindall BJ, Gade D, Rabus R, Pfeiffer S, Hirsch P. Taxonomic heterogeneity within the Planctomycetales as derived by DNA-DNA hybridization, description of Rhodopirellula baltica gen. nov., sp. nov., transfer of Pirellula marina to the genus Blastopirellula gen. nov. as Blastopirellula marina comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Pirellula. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1567-1580.
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The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Pirellula Schlesner and Hirsch 1987.
Publication:
Schlesner H, 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.
- The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Pirella Schlesner and Hirsch 1984. Publication: Schlesner H. Pirella marina sp. nov., a budding, peptidoglycan-less bacterium from brackish water. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1986; 8:177-180.
- Recommended reviewers for taxonomic proposals in this group are the corresponding authors of Rensink et al. (2020).
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Schlesner et al. (2004) assigned this genus to the family Planctomycetaceae Schlesner and Stackebrandt 1987.
Publication:
Schlesner H, Rensmann C, Tindall BJ, Gade D, Rabus R, Pfeiffer S, Hirsch P. Taxonomic heterogeneity within the Planctomycetales as derived by DNA-DNA hybridization, description of Rhodopirellula baltica gen. nov., sp. nov., transfer of Pirellula marina to the genus Blastopirellula gen. nov. as Blastopirellula marina comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Pirellula. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1567-1580.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Blastopirellula cremea Lee et al. 2013 validly published under the ICNP synonym Blastopirellula marina (Schlesner 1987) Schlesner et al. 2004 validly published under the ICNP correct name Blastopirellula retiformator Kallscheuer et al. 2021 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Pirellulaceae Dedysh et al. 2020
Assigned by:
Dedysh SN, Kulichevskaya IS, Beletsky AV, Ivanova AA, Rijpstra WIC, Damste JSS, Mardanov AV, Ravin NV. Lacipirellula parvula gen. nov., sp. nov., representing a lineage of planctomycetes widespread in low-oxygen habitats, description of the family Lacipirellulaceae fam. nov. and proposal of the orders Pirellulales ord. nov., Gemmatales ord. nov. and Isosphaerales ord. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2020; 43:126050.
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