Name: Rhodopirellula caenicola Yoon et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cae.ni’co.la. L. neut. n. caenum, mud; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. caenicola, mud inhabitant

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ka͡e-NI-ko-la, feminine

Type strain: KCTC 32995; NBRC 110016; YM 26-125

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16S rRNA gene: AB983339 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Yoon J, Matsuo Y, Kasai H, Lee M-K. Phylogenetic and taxonomic analyses of Rhodopirellula caenicola sp. nov., a new marine Planctomycetes species isolated from iron sand. J Phylogenetics Evol Biol 2015; 3:1000143. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 164. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2017-2025.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Novipirellula caenicola (Yoon et al. 2015) Kallscheuer et al. 2021

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Novipirellula caenicola (Yoon et al. 2015) Kallscheuer et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Rhodopirellula caenicola 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 Rhodopirellula.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of 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: Yoon J, Matsuo Y, Kasai H, Lee M-K. Phylogenetic and taxonomic analyses of Rhodopirellula caenicola sp. nov., a new marine Planctomycetes species isolated from iron sand. J Phylogenetics Evol Biol 2015; 3:1000143. 🇰🇷

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