Name: Rhodopirellula Schlesner et al. 2004

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

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

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 7

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Rhodopirellula baltica Schlesner et al. 2004	validly published	correct name
    Rhodopirellula caenicola Yoon et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
    Rhodopirellula lusitana Bondoso et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
    "Rhodopirellula pilleata" Kallscheuer et al. 2019	not validly published
    Rhodopirellula rosea Roh et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
    Rhodopirellula rubra Bondoso et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
    "Rhodopirellula solitaria" Kallscheuer et al. 2019	not validly published

Parent taxon: Planctomycetaceae Schlesner and Stackebrandt 1987

Assigned by: 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.

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