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

Gender: 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

• 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 2024-03-27.

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