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Name: Pirella Schlesner and Hirsch 1984
Etymology: L. neut. n. pirum, pear; L. fem. dim. n. suff. -ella, diminutive ending; N.L. fem. dim. n. Pirella, a small pear, referring to the shape of the bacterium
Gender: feminine (stem: Pirell-)
Type species: Pirella staleyi Schlesner and Hirsch 1984
Valid publication:
Schlesner H, Hirsch P. Assignment of ATCC 27377 to Pirella gen. nov. as Pirella staleyi comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:492-495.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
Correct name: Pirellula Schlesner and Hirsch 1987
Name | Kind |
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Pirellula Schlesner and Hirsch 1987 | homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Pirella marina Schlesner 1987 | validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name | synonym |
Pirella staleyi Schlesner and Hirsch 1984 | validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name | synonym |
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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Record number: 516340