Name: Novipirellula artificiosorum Kallscheuer et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ar.ti.fi.ci.o.so’rum. L. masc. adj. artificiosus, artificial, not natural; L. gen. masc./neut. pl. adj. artificiosorum, of artificial, not natural things, referring to the isolation of the strain from plastic [probably better: artificiorum]

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 103145; Poly41; VKM B-3437

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MK554551 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kallscheuer N, Wiegand S, Peeters SH, Jogler M, Boedeker C, Heuer A, Rast P, Jetten MSM, Rohde M, Jogler C. Description of three bacterial strains belonging to the new genus Novipirellula gen. nov., reclassificiation of Rhodopirellula rosea and Rhodopirellula caenicola and readjustment of the genus threshold of the phylogenetic marker rpoB for Planctomycetaceae. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:1779-1795. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 198. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4688.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.11223 (N = 4).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Novipirellula Kallscheuer et al. 2021

Assigned by: Kallscheuer N, Wiegand S, Peeters SH, Jogler M, Boedeker C, Heuer A, Rast P, Jetten MSM, Rohde M, Jogler C. Description of three bacterial strains belonging to the new genus Novipirellula gen. nov., reclassificiation of Rhodopirellula rosea and Rhodopirellula caenicola and readjustment of the genus threshold of the phylogenetic marker rpoB for Planctomycetaceae. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:1779-1795. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 15283