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

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

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16S rRNA gene: AJ231183 Analyse FASTA

Original 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: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Pirellula staleyi (Schlesner and Hirsch 1984) Schlesner and Hirsch 1987

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pirella staleyi Schlesner and Hirsch 1984	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Pirellula staleyi (Schlesner and Hirsch 1984) Schlesner and Hirsch 1987	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". — 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.
  • 🧍 Considered not validly published. Proposed in a Request for an Opinion. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Goker M, Moore ERB, Rossello-Mora R, Sutcliffe IC. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2022 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5585.

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