Name: Rhodopirellula heiligendammensis Kallscheuer et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hei.li.gen.dam.men’sis. N.L. fem. adj. heiligendammensis, of Heiligendamm, referring to the origin of the bacterium from Heiligendamm, Germany

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … he͡i-li-gen-dam-MEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CECT 9847; DSM 102266; LMG 29467; Poly21; VKM B-3435

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16S rRNA gene: MK554550 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kallscheuer N, Wiegand S, Jogler M, Boedeker C, Peeters SH, Rast P, Heuer A, Jetten MSM, Rohde M, Jogler C. Rhodopirellula heiligendammensis sp. nov., Rhodopirellula pilleata sp. nov., and Rhodopirellula solitaria sp. nov. isolated from natural or artificial marine surfaces in Northern Germany and California, USA, and emended description of the genus Rhodopirellula. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:1737-1750. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 198. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4688.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Allorhodopirellula heiligendammensis (Kallscheuer et al. 2021) Sreya et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 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: Kallscheuer N, Wiegand S, Jogler M, Boedeker C, Peeters SH, Rast P, Heuer A, Jetten MSM, Rohde M, Jogler C. Rhodopirellula heiligendammensis sp. nov., Rhodopirellula pilleata sp. nov., and Rhodopirellula solitaria sp. nov. isolated from natural or artificial marine surfaces in Northern Germany and California, USA, and emended description of the genus Rhodopirellula. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:1737-1750. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 18962