Name: "Bythopirellula" Storesund and Ovreas 2013

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Byth’o.pir.ell’u.la. Gr. masc. n. bythos, the depth (of the sea) (βυθóς); N.L. fem. dim. n. Pirellula, relation with other Pirellula-like bacteria; L. fem. n. pirus, pear, from their shape; N.L. fem. dim. n. Bythopirellula, a Pirellula from the depth

Gender: feminine (stem: Bythopirellul-)

Original publication: Storesund JE, Ovreas L. 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 2013; 104:569-584.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Correct name: Bythopirellula Storesund and Øvreås 2021

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bythopirellula Storesund and Øvreås 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Storesund and Ovreas (2013) assigned this genus to the family Planctomycetaceae Schlesner and Stackebrandt 1987. Publication: Storesund JE, Ovreas L. 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 2013; 104:569-584.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Bythoypirellula".
  • The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.09954 (N = 1).

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Record number: 424