Etymology:L. neut. n.pirum, pear; L. fem. dim. n. suff.-ella, diminutive ending; L. fem. dim. suff. -ula; N.L. fem. dim. n.Pirellula, very small pear, referring to the shape of the bacterium
Valid publication:
Schlesner H, Hirsch P. Rejection of the genus name Pirella for pear-shaped budding bacteria and proposal to create the genus Pirellula gen. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:441.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
Emendations:
Schlesner et al. 2004
Schlesner H, Rensmann C, Tindall BJ, Gade D, Rabus R, Pfeiffer S, 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.
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:3-5. Notes:
⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 1 species from the genus.
Notes:
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Pirellulaceae Dedysh et al. 2020.Publication:
Dedysh SN, Kulichevskaya IS, Beletsky AV, Ivanova AA, Rijpstra WIC, Damste JSS, Mardanov AV, Ravin NV. Lacipirellula parvula gen. nov., sp. nov., representing a lineage of planctomycetes widespread in low-oxygen habitats, description of the family Lacipirellulaceae fam. nov. and proposal of the orders Pirellulales ord. nov., Gemmatales ord. nov. and Isosphaerales ord. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2020; 43:126050.
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Pirellulales Dedysh et al. 2020.Publication:
Dedysh SN, Kulichevskaya IS, Beletsky AV, Ivanova AA, Rijpstra WIC, Damste JSS, Mardanov AV, Ravin NV. Lacipirellula parvula gen. nov., sp. nov., representing a lineage of planctomycetes widespread in low-oxygen habitats, description of the family Lacipirellulaceae fam. nov. and proposal of the orders Pirellulales ord. nov., Gemmatales ord. nov. and Isosphaerales ord. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2020; 43:126050.
🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the phylum "Planctomycetes" Garrity and Holt 2001.Publication:
Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
🧕 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this genus to the class Planctomycea Cavalier-Smith 2002.Publication:
Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
🧕 Dedysh et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the order Pirellulales Dedysh et al. 2020.Publication:
Dedysh SN, Kulichevskaya IS, Beletsky AV, Ivanova AA, Rijpstra WIC, Damste JSS, Mardanov AV, Ravin NV. Lacipirellula parvula gen. nov., sp. nov., representing a lineage of planctomycetes widespread in low-oxygen habitats, description of the family Lacipirellulaceae fam. nov. and proposal of the orders Pirellulales ord. nov., Gemmatales ord. nov. and Isosphaerales ord. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2020; 43:126050.
🧕 Hahnke et al. (2016) assigned this genus to the family Planctomycetaceae Schlesner and Stackebrandt 1987.Publication:
Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003.
🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Planctomyces Gimesi 1924 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
Starr MP, Sayre RM, Schmidt JM. Assignment of ATCC 27377to Planctomyces staleyi sp. nov. and conservation of Pasteuria ramosa Metchnikoff 1888 on the basis of type descriptive materiel. Request for an opinion. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:666-671.
🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Pirella Schlesner and Hirsch 1984.Publication:
Schlesner H, Hirsch P. Assignment of ATCC 27377to Pirella gen. nov. as Pirella staleyi comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:492-495.
🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Pireltula"; "Pirelulla".
🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 3; ATCC: 2.
🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "PRLL" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer.Publication:
Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
🧍 Replaces the illegitimate name Pirella Bainier 1883.Publication:
Schlesner H, Hirsch P. Assignment of ATCC 27377 to Pirella gen. nov. as Pirella staleyi comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:492-495.
🧍 Replacement of the illegitimate name Pirella Schlesner and Hirsch 1984, which is illegitimate because of precedence of the fungal genus Pirella Bainier 1883 [Rule 51b(4)].Publication:
Schlesner H, Hirsch P. Assignment of ATCC 27377 to Pirella gen. nov. as Pirella staleyi comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:492-495.
Subdivision:
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1 Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2 Total number of child taxa: 2
Assigned by:
Dedysh SN, Kulichevskaya IS, Beletsky AV, Ivanova AA, Rijpstra WIC, Damste JSS, Mardanov AV, Ravin NV. Lacipirellula parvula gen. nov., sp. nov., representing a lineage of planctomycetes widespread in low-oxygen habitats, description of the family Lacipirellulaceae fam. nov. and proposal of the orders Pirellulales ord. nov., Gemmatales ord. nov. and Isosphaerales ord. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2020; 43:126050.
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