Name: Pirella marina Schlesner 1987

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri’na. L. fem. adj. marina, of, or belonging to, the sea, marine

Pronunciation, gender: ma-RI-na, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 49069; DSM 3645; IFAM 1313; SH 106

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16S rRNA gene: X62912 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Schlesner H. Pirella marina sp. nov., a budding, peptidoglycan-less bacterium from brackish water. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1986; 8:177-180.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 23. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1987; 37:179-180.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Blastopirellula marina (Schlesner 1987) Schlesner et al. 2004

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pirellula marina (Schlesner 1987) Schlesner and Hirsch 1987	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Blastopirellula marina (Schlesner 1987) Schlesner et al. 2004	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The name Pirella marina is illegitimate because of precedence of the fungal genus Pirella Bainier 1883 [Rule 51b(4)]. Consequently, a new species designation Pirellula marina (Schlesner 1987) Schlesner and Hirsch 1987, has been proposed by Schlesner and Hirsch 1987. Publication: Schlesner H, Hirsch P. Rejection of the genus name Pirella for pear-shaped budding bacteria and proposal to create the genus Pirellula gen. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:441.

Parent taxon: Pirella Schlesner and Hirsch 1984

Assigned by: Schlesner H. Pirella marina sp. nov., a budding, peptidoglycan-less bacterium from brackish water. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1986; 8:177-180.

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