
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.9122
Name	Pirella Schlesner and Hirsch 1984
Name Status	Validly Published, Illegitimate
Current Authority	Schlesner and Hirsch 1984
Preferred Name	Pirellula
Taxonomic Rank	genus
Nomenclatural Type (designated species)	Pirella staleyi Schlesner and Hirsch 1984

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.9122


Proper Form	Pirella Schlesner and Hirsch 1984
Nomenclatural History	The genus Pirella was originally proposed and validly published by Schlesner and Hirsch 1984. Schlesner and Hirsch replaced this illegitimate name with Pirellula (Schlesner and Hirsch 1984) Schlesner and Hirsch 1987 emend. Schlesner et al. 2004 in 1987. The name Pirella Schlesner and Hirsch 1984 is illegitimate because of precedence of the fungal genus Pirella Bainier 1883 (Rule 51b(4)) Replaced by Pirellula.

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Pirella Schlesner and Hirsch 1984.April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.9122.
Source File	10.1601/nm.9122.xml


This information was last reviewed on January 17, 2017.

References

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; 37:441-441. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-37-4-441.
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. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-34-4-492.