Blastopirellula

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Blastopirellula

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Number of species cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Blastopirellula Schlesner et al. 2004, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Blastopirellula marina (Schlesner 1987) Schlesner et al. 2004.
Etymology: Gr. masc. n. blastos, bud, shoot; N.L. fem. n. Pirellula, name of a bacterial genus; N.L. fem. n. Blastopirellula, a budding Pirellula.
Reference: SCHLESNER (H.), RENSMANN (C.), TINDALL (B.J.), GADE (D.), RABUS (R.), PFEIFFER (S.) and HIRSCH (P.): Taxonomic heterogeneity within the Planctomycetales as derived by DNA-DNA hybridization, description of Rhodopirellula baltica gen. nov., sp. nov., transfer of Pirellula marina to the genus Blastopirellula gen. nov. as Blastopirellula marina comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Pirellula. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 1567-1580.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Blastopirellula marina (Schlesner 1987) Schlesner et al. 2004, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain SH 106 = ATCC 49069 = DSM 3645 = IFAM 1313.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: X62912.
Basonym: ¤ Pirellula marina (Schlesner 1987) Schlesner and Hirsch 1987.
Illegitimate basonym: ¤ Pirella marina Schlesner 1987.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. marina, of, or belonging to, the sea, marine.
Reference: SCHLESNER (H.), RENSMANN (C.), TINDALL (B.J.), GADE (D.), RABUS (R.), PFEIFFER (S.) and HIRSCH (P.): Taxonomic heterogeneity within the Planctomycetales as derived by DNA-DNA hybridization, description of Rhodopirellula baltica gen. nov., sp. nov., transfer of Pirellula marina to the genus Blastopirellula gen. nov. as Blastopirellula marina comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Pirellula. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 1567-1580.
Original article in IJSEM Online