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. dim. n. Blastopirellula, a budding Pirellula

Gender: feminine

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 under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Bastopirellula"; "Brastopirellula".
  • Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Kallscheuer et al. (2020). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • 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

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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