Name: Planctopirus Scheuner et al. 2015

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Planc.to.pi’rus. Gr. masc. adj. planktos, wandering, floating; L. fem. n. pirus, a pear tree, referring to the shape of the cells, which also occur in bundles; N.L. fem. n. Planctopirus, floating pear tree

Gender: feminine (stem: Planctopir-)

Type species: Planctopirus limnophila corrig. (Hirsch and Müller 1986) Scheuner et al. 2015

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Scheuner C, Tindall BJ, Lu M, Nolan M, Lapidus A, Cheng JF, Goodwin L, Pitluck S, Huntemann M, Liolios K, et al. Complete genome sequence of Planctomyces brasiliensis type strain (DSM 5305^T), phylogenomic analysis and reclassification of Planctomycetes including the descriptions of Gimesia gen. nov., Planctopirus gen. nov. and Rubinisphaera gen. nov. and emended descriptions of the order Planctomycetales and the family Planctomycetaceae. Stand Genomic Sci 2014; 9:10.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 162. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:741-744.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Planctomyces Gimesi 1924 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Hirsch P, Müller M. Planctomyces limnophilus sp. nov., a stalked and budding bacterium from freshwater. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1985; 6:276-280.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 3; ATCC: 2; CECT: 1; KCTC: 1; LMG: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Planctopirus ephydatiae Kohn et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Planctopirus hydrillae Yadav et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Planctopirus limnophila corrig. (Hirsch and Müller 1986) Scheuner et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Planctopirus limnophilus (Hirsch and Müller 1986) Scheuner et al. 2015	inaccurate spelling	misspelling

Parent taxon: Planctomycetaceae Schlesner and Stackebrandt 1987

Assigned by: Scheuner C, Tindall BJ, Lu M, Nolan M, Lapidus A, Cheng JF, Goodwin L, Pitluck S, Huntemann M, Liolios K, et al. Complete genome sequence of Planctomyces brasiliensis type strain (DSM 5305^T), phylogenomic analysis and reclassification of Planctomycetes including the descriptions of Gimesia gen. nov., Planctopirus gen. nov. and Rubinisphaera gen. nov. and emended descriptions of the order Planctomycetales and the family Planctomycetaceae. Stand Genomic Sci 2014; 9:10.

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