Name: Blastopirellula Schlesner et al. 2004

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. masc. n. blastos, bud, shoot; N.L. fem. dim. n. Pirellula, name of a bacterial genus; N.L. fem. n. Blastopirellula, a budding Pirellula

Type species: Blastopirellula marina (Schlesner 1987) Schlesner et al. 2004

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Bremerella" Rensink et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Blastopirellula cremea Lee et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
    Blastopirellula marina (Schlesner 1987) Schlesner et al. 2004	validly published	correct name
    "Blastopirellula retiformator" Kallscheuer et al. 2020	not validly published

Parent taxon: Planctomycetaceae Schlesner and Stackebrandt 1987

Assigned by: 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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