Name: Planctomyces staleyi Starr et al. 1983

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sta’ley.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. staleyi, named in honor of James T. Staley, imaginative and industrious isolator of unusual bacteria, including ATCC 27377T

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 27377; DSM 6068; DSM 940; ICPB 2138; Staley “Michigan strain”

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16S rRNA gene: AJ231183 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Starr MP, Sayre RM, Schmidt JM. Assignment of ATCC 27377to Planctomyces staleyi sp. nov. and conservation of Pasteuria ramosa Metchnikoff 1888 on the basis of type descriptive materiel. Request for an opinion. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:666-671.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Pirellula staleyi (Starr et al. 1983) Schlesner and Hirsch 1987

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pirella staleyi (Starr et al. 1983) Schlesner and Hirsch 1984	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Pirellula staleyi (Starr et al. 1983) Schlesner and Hirsch 1987	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Planctomyces staleyi 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 Planctomyces.
  • 😷 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". — 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-02-03.

Parent taxon: Planctomyces Gimesi 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Starr MP, Sayre RM, Schmidt JM. Assignment of ATCC 27377to Planctomyces staleyi sp. nov. and conservation of Pasteuria ramosa Metchnikoff 1888 on the basis of type descriptive materiel. Request for an opinion. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:666-671.

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Record number: 8491