Name: Blastopirellula cremea Lee et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cre’me.a. N.L. fem. adj. cremea, cream-white, referring to the colour of the colonies

Gender: feminine

Type strain: JCM 17758; KACC 15559; LHWP2

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JF748733 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lee HW, Roh SW, Shin NR, Lee J, Whon TW, Jung MJ, Yun JH, Kim MS, Hyun DW, Kim D, et al. Blastopirellula cremea sp. nov., isolated from a dead ark clam. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2314-2319.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3135-3137.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Bremerella cremea (Lee et al. 2013) Rensink et al. 2021

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bremerella cremea (Lee et al. 2013) Rensink et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Blastopirellula cremea is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Blastopirellula.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Blastopirellula Schlesner et al. 2004

Assigned by: Lee HW, Roh SW, Shin NR, Lee J, Whon TW, Jung MJ, Yun JH, Kim MS, Hyun DW, Kim D, et al. Blastopirellula cremea sp. nov., isolated from a dead ark clam. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2314-2319.

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Record number: 790849