Genus Rhodopirellula

Name: Rhodopirellula Schlesner et al. 2004

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Rho.do.pi.rel’lu.la Gr. neut. n. [ῥόδον] rhodon, a rose; N.L. fem. dim. n. Pirellula, name of a bacterial genus; N.L. fem. dim. n. Rhodopirellula, a red Pirellula

Gender: feminine

Type species: Rhodopirellula baltica 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

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Novipirellula Kallscheuer et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Bondoso et al. 2014 Bondoso J, Albuquerque L, Lobo-da-Cunha A, da Costa MS, Harder J, Lage OM. Rhodopirellula lusitana sp. nov. and Rhodopirellula rubra sp. nov., isolated from the surface of macroalgae. Syst Appl Microbiol 2014; 37:157-164. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 21. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:7-10.
  Notes:
  - Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.
- Kallscheuer et al. 2020 Kallscheuer N, Wiegand S, Jogler M, Boedeker C, Peeters SH, Rast P, Heuer A, Jetten MSM, Rohde M, Jogler C. Rhodopirellula heiligendammensis sp. nov., Rhodopirellula pilleata sp. nov., and Rhodopirellula solitaria sp. nov. isolated from natural or artificial marine surfaces in Northern Germany and California, USA, and emended description of the genus Rhodopirellula. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:1737-1750.
  Notes:
  - Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 3 new species in the genus.
  - As of 2020-09-20 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 8
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 9

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Rhodopirellula baltica Schlesner et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Rhodopirellula caenicola Yoon et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Rhodopirellula heiligendammensis Kallscheuer et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Rhodopirellula islandica" Kizina et al. 2015	not validly published
Rhodopirellula lusitana Bondoso et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Rhodopirellula pilleata Kallscheuer et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Rhodopirellula rosea Roh et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Rhodopirellula rubra Bondoso et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Rhodopirellula solitaria 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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