Correction to: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (2013) 104:569–584. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-013-0019-x

In the original version of the article “Diversity of Planctomycetes in iron-hydroxide deposits from the Arctic Mid Ocean Ridge (AMOR) and description of Bythopirellula goksoyri gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Planctomycete from deep sea iron-hydroxide deposits”, the authors described the new genus Bythopirellula and the species ‘Bythopirellula goksoyri’. However, the descriptions were not presented in the paper in the format required by Rule 27 and Rule 30 of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (ICNP), while the proposed epithet was not formed in accordance with Rule 64 and Appendix 9 of the ICNP. Therefore, we here present the corrected name and the descriptions in the correct format.

Description of Bythopirellula gen. nov.

Bythopirellula (By.tho.pi.rel'lu.la. Gr. masc. n. bythos depth; N.L. fem. n. Pirellula a bacterial genus; N.L. fem. n. Bythopirellula a Pirellula from the depth).

Oval cells occurring assembled in consortia or as single cells. Reproducing by budding, daughter cells are motile; mother cells are non-motile and attached to substrate or surface. Cells produce exopolysaccharide-like structures for attachment. Major fatty acids are 16:1Δ9, 16:0, 18:1Δ9 and 18:0. The genus is part of the family Lacipirellulaceae, order Pirellulales, class Planctomycetia, phylum Planctomycetes. The type species is Bythopirellula goksoeyrii.

Description of Bythopirellula goksoeyrii sp. nov.

Bythopirellula goksoeyrii (gok.soey'ri.i. N.L. gen. n. goksoeyrii of Goksøyr, in honour of the Norwegian microbiologist Professor Jostein Goksøyr, for his important contribution in the area of microbial evolution, endosymbiont theory (Goksøyr 1967), ecology and diversity).

In addition to the properties listed in the genus description the strain has the following properties: Colonies are unpigmented, mother cells are non-motile and attached to a surface or to other cells, daughter cells are motile. The cells are 0.5–1.5 µm in size and harbour crateriform-like structures on both poles. Carbon sources utilized include lactose, fructose, maltose, sucrose, cellobiose, N-acetylglucosamine and glycerol. The type strain Pr1dT (= DSM 28691T = JCM 19442T) was isolated from the Mohns Ridge iron-hydroxide deposits located at 600 m depth at the Arctic Mid Ocean Ridge. The genome of the type strain has a size of 6.47 Mb and a DNA G + C content of 52.8%. The genome sequence of the type strain is available from GenBank under accession number CP042913.1.