Name: Symbiopectobacterium purcellii Nadal-Jiménez et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pur.cel’li.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. purcellii, in reference to Alexander Purcell, who isolated the first member of this clade, which he named the BEV symbiont (bacterium from Euscelidius variegatus)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … pur-KEL-li-i, neuter

Type strain: CECT 30436; LMG 32449; SyEd1

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16S rRNA gene: OK044380 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nadal-Jimenez P, Siozios S, Halliday N, Camara M, Hurst GDD. Symbiopectobacterium purcellii, gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the leafhopper Empoasca decipiens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5440. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5524.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Symbiopectobacterium Nadal-Jiménez et al. 2022. Publication: Nadal-Jimenez P, Siozios S, Halliday N, Camara M, Hurst GDD. Symbiopectobacterium purcellii, gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the leafhopper Empoasca decipiens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5440. 🇬🇧
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Symbiopectobacterium Nadal-Jiménez et al. 2022

Assigned by: Nadal-Jimenez P, Siozios S, Halliday N, Camara M, Hurst GDD. Symbiopectobacterium purcellii, gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the leafhopper Empoasca decipiens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5440. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 29027