Name: Planctomicrobium piriforme Kulichevskaya et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pi.ri.for’me. L. neut. n. pirum, a pear; L. adj. suff. -formis -is -e, like, in the shape of; from L. fem. n. forma, figure, shape, appearance; N.L. neut. adj. piriforme, pear-shaped

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 26348; P3; VKM B-2887

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KP161655 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kulichevskaya IS, Ivanova AA, Detkova EN, Rijpstra WI, Sinninghe Damste JS, Dedysh SN. Planctomicrobium piriforme gen. nov., sp. nov., a stalked planctomycete from a littoral wetland of a boreal lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1659-1665.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2343-2344.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Planctomicrobium Kulichevskaya et al. 2015. Publication: Kulichevskaya IS, Ivanova AA, Detkova EN, Rijpstra WI, Sinninghe Damste JS, Dedysh SN. Planctomicrobium piriforme gen. nov., sp. nov., a stalked planctomycete from a littoral wetland of a boreal lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1659-1665.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.

Parent taxon: Planctomicrobium Kulichevskaya et al. 2015

Assigned by: Kulichevskaya IS, Ivanova AA, Detkova EN, Rijpstra WI, Sinninghe Damste JS, Dedysh SN. Planctomicrobium piriforme gen. nov., sp. nov., a stalked planctomycete from a littoral wetland of a boreal lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1659-1665.

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