Name: "Prosthecodimorpha hirschii" (Staley 1984) Vasilyeva et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Prosthecomicrobium hirschii Staley 1984

Etymology: hirsch’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. hirschii, of Hirsch, named in honor of P. Hirsch, an authority on budding bacteria

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 16; ATCC 27832; DSM 8907

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HM037994 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Vasilyeva L, Grouzdev D, Koziaeva V, Berestovskaya Y, Novikov A, Pimenov N. Prosthecodimorpha staleyi gen. nov., sp. nov., Novel Prosthecate Bacteria within the Family Ancalomicrobiaceae and Reclassification of the Polyphyletic Genus Prosthecomicrobium. Microbiology 2022; 91:479-488.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Prosthecomicrobium hirschii Staley 1984

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Prosthecomicrobium hirschii Staley 1984	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Prosthecodimorpha" Vasilyeva et al. 2022. Publication: Vasilyeva L, Grouzdev D, Koziaeva V, Berestovskaya Y, Novikov A, Pimenov N. Prosthecodimorpha staleyi gen. nov., sp. nov., Novel Prosthecate Bacteria within the Family Ancalomicrobiaceae and Reclassification of the Polyphyletic Genus Prosthecomicrobium. Microbiology 2022; 91:479-488.

Parent taxon: "Prosthecodimorpha" Vasilyeva et al. 2022

Assigned by: Vasilyeva L, Grouzdev D, Koziaeva V, Berestovskaya Y, Novikov A, Pimenov N. Prosthecodimorpha staleyi gen. nov., sp. nov., Novel Prosthecate Bacteria within the Family Ancalomicrobiaceae and Reclassification of the Polyphyletic Genus Prosthecomicrobium. Microbiology 2022; 91:479-488.

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Record number: 30231