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Genus Bythopirellula
Name: Bythopirellula Storesund and Øvreås 2021
Etymology: By.tho.pi.rel’lu.la. Gr. masc. n. bythos, depth; N.L. fem. dim. n. Pirellula, a bacterial genus; N.L. fem. dim. n. Bythopirellula, a Pirellula from the depth
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Bythopirellul-), by-tho-pi-REL-lu-la
Type species: Bythopirellula goksoeyrii corrig. Storesund and Øvreås 2021
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Storesund JE, Ovreas L. Correction to: Diversity of Planctomycetes in iron-hydroxide deposits from the Arctic Mid Ocean Ridge (AMOR) and description of Bythopirellula goksoyri gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Planctomycete from deep sea iron-hydroxide deposits. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2021; 114:1321-1322. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 202. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5096.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Emendations:
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Wiegand et al. 2020
Wiegand S, Jogler M, Boedeker C, Heuer A, Peeters SH, Kallscheuer N, Jetten MSM, Kaster AK, Rohde M, Jogler C. Updates to the recently introduced family Lacipirellulaceae in the phylum Planctomycetes: isolation of strains belonging to the novel genera Aeoliella, Botrimarina, Pirellulimonas and Pseudobythopirellula and the novel species Bythopirellula polymerisocia and Posidoniimonas corsicana. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:1979-1997.
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 202. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5096.
Notes:- ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
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Wiegand et al. 2020
Wiegand S, Jogler M, Boedeker C, Heuer A, Peeters SH, Kallscheuer N, Jetten MSM, Kaster AK, Rohde M, Jogler C. Updates to the recently introduced family Lacipirellulaceae in the phylum Planctomycetes: isolation of strains belonging to the novel genera Aeoliella, Botrimarina, Pirellulimonas and Pseudobythopirellula and the novel species Bythopirellula polymerisocia and Posidoniimonas corsicana. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:1979-1997.
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Bythoypirellula".
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.09954 (N = 1).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 3; JCM: 2; VKM: 1.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Bythopirellula goksoeyrii corrig. Storesund and Øvreås 2021 validly published under the ICNP correct name Bythopirellula goksoyri Storesund and Øvreås 2021 inaccurate spelling misspelling Bythopirellula polymerisocia Wiegand et al. 2021 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Lacipirellulaceae Dedysh et al. 2020
Assigned by:
Storesund JE, Ovreas L. Correction to: Diversity of Planctomycetes in iron-hydroxide deposits from the Arctic Mid Ocean Ridge (AMOR) and description of Bythopirellula goksoyri gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Planctomycete from deep sea iron-hydroxide deposits. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2021; 114:1321-1322.
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Record number: 3454
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