Name: Pirellula marina (Schlesner 1987) Schlesner and Hirsch 1987

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Pirella marina Schlesner 1987

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

Gender: feminine

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

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X62912 Analyse FASTA

Valid 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.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Blastopirellula marina (Schlesner 1987) Schlesner et al. 2004	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Pirella marina Schlesner 1987	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • ❗ Pirellula marina 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 Pirellula.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 9 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 Replacement of the illegitimate name Pirella marina Schlesner 1987, which is illegitimate because of precedence of the fungal genus Pirella Bainier 1883 [Rule 51b(4)]. Publication: Schlesner H. Pirella marina sp. nov., a budding peptidoglycan-less bacterium from brackish water. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1986; 8:177-180.

Parent taxon: Pirellula Schlesner and Hirsch 1987

Assigned by: 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.

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Record number: 779638