Rhodopirellula

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

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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").

Rhodopirellula Schlesner et al. 2004, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Rhodopirellula baltica Schlesner et al. 2004.
Etymology: Gr. neut. n. rhodon, a rose; N.L. fem. n. Pirellula, name of a bacterial genus; N.L. fem. n. Rhodopirellula, a red 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

Rhodopirellula baltica Schlesner et al. 2004, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain SH 1 = DSM 10527 = IFAM 1310 = NCIMB 13988.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: BX294149.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. baltica, pertaining to the Baltic Sea, the place of isolation.
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