Name: Rhodopirellula aestuarii Vitorino et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: aes.tu.a’ri.i. L. gen. neut. n. aestuarii, of an estuary

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a͡es-tu-A-ri-i, feminine

Type strain: 1CT_H3.1; CECT 30431; ICT_H3.1; LMG 32464

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: OK001858 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Vitorino IR, Klimek D, Calusinska M, Lobo-da-Cunha A, Vasconcelos V, Lage OM. Rhodopirellula aestuarii sp. nov., a novel member of the genus Rhodopirellula isolated from brackish sediments collected in the Tagus River estuary, Portugal. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126360. 🇵🇹

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 209. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5709.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Aporhodopirellula aestuarii (Vitorino et al. 2023) Sreya et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. The phrase "validly described" is misleading. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Rhodopirellula Schlesner et al. 2004

Assigned by: Vitorino IR, Klimek D, Calusinska M, Lobo-da-Cunha A, Vasconcelos V, Lage OM. Rhodopirellula aestuarii sp. nov., a novel member of the genus Rhodopirellula isolated from brackish sediments collected in the Tagus River estuary, Portugal. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126360. 🇵🇹

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Record number: 36275