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Taxon: Genus Planctomyces Gimesi 1924 (Approved Lists 1980) (prokaryote)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Pseudomonadati - (Phylum) Planctomycetota - (Class) Planctomycetia - (Order) Planctomycetales - (Family) Planctomycetaceae

Subsequent positions

Pirellulae (Phylum) Margulis and Schwartz 1998 nom. ined.

Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 94. [assumed]

Current position

Planctomycetaceae (Family) Schlesner and Stackebrandt 1987

Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2007: 540; LPSN[17 Apr 2026].

Alternative positions

*Pirellulae* (Phylum) Margulis and Schwartz 1998 nom. ined.	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 94. [rough position]
*Planctomyces* ([unranked]) Gimesi, 1924	Ref: J.T. Staley, 1982: 29.

Historical positions

*Planctomycetaceae* (Family) Schlesner and Stackebrandt 1987	Ref: J.P. Euzéby, 2016: [9 Sep 2017]. [available name]
*Planctomycetaceae* (Family) Schlesner and Stackebrandt 1987	Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2007: 540.
*Planctomycetaceae* (Family) Schlesner and Stackebrandt 1987	Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2001b: 24.
*Planctomycetaceae* (Family) Schlesner and Stackebrandt 1987	Ref: G.M. Garrity & J.G. Holt, 2001a: 165.
*Pirellulae* (Phylum) Margulis and Schwartz 1998 nom. ined.	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 94. [rough position]
*Planctomyces* ([unranked]) Gimesi, 1924	Ref: J.T. Staley, 1982: 29.

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	5s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 27 Jul 2015	[5s]
2007	G.M. Garrity et al.	[6s]

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