Genus Mycoplana
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 4
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Mycoplana Gray and Thornton 1928, genus.
Type species: ¤ Mycoplana dimorpha Gray and Thornton 1928 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: Gr. mukês, mushroom or other fungus; Gr. n. planos, a wandering; N.L. fem. n. Mycoplana, fungus wanderer.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: GRAY (P.H.H.) and THORNTON (H.G.): Soil bacteria that decompose certain aromatic compounds. Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie Parasitenkunde Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung II, 1928, 73, 74-96.
→ Mycoplana Gray and Thornton 1928 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Urakami et al. 1990.
Reference: URAKAMI (T.), OYANAGI (H.), ARAKI (H.), SUZUKI (K.I.) and KOMAGATA (K.): Recharacterization and emended description of the genus Mycoplana and description of two new species, Mycoplana ramosa and Mycoplana segnis. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1990, 40, 434-442.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Mycoplana bullata Gray and Thornton 1928, species.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) TK0051 = ATCC 4278= DSM 7126 = HAMBI 262 = IAM 13153 = IFO (now NBRC) 13290 = JCM 20846 = LMG 17157 = NRRL B-8016 = NRRL B-1090 = VKM Ac-910.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: D12785.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. bullata, wearing a bulla, with a knob.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: GRAY (P.H.H.) and THORNTON (H.G.): Soil bacteria that decompose certain aromatic compounds. Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie Parasitenkunde Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung II, 1928, 73, 74-96.
→ Mycoplana bullata Gray and Thornton 1928 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Urakami et al. 1990.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) TK0051 = ATCC 4278= DSM 7126 = HAMBI 262 = IFO (now NBRC) 13290 = JCM 20846 = LMG 17157 = NRRL B-8016 = NRRL B-1090 = VKM Ac-910.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: D12785.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. bullata, wearing a bulla, with a knob.
Reference: URAKAMI (T.), OYANAGI (H.), ARAKI (H.), SUZUKI (K.I.) and KOMAGATA (K.): Recharacterization and emended description of the genus Mycoplana and description of two new species, Mycoplana ramosa and Mycoplana segnis. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1990, 40, 434-442.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ ¤ Brevundimonas bullata (Gray and Thornton 1928) Kang et al. 2009, comb. nov.
Mycoplana dimorpha Gray and Thornton 1928, species. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) TK0055 = ATCC 4279= DSM 7138 = HAMBI 2262 = IFO (now NBRC) 13291 = JCM 20847 = LMG 4061 = NCIB (now NCIMB) 9439 = NRRL B-1091 = VKM Ac-911.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: D12786.
Etymology: Gr. fem. adj. dimorpha, two-formed.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: GRAY (P.H.H.) and THORNTON (H.G.): Soil bacteria that decompose certain aromatic compounds. Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie Parasitenkunde Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung II, 1928, 73, 74-96.
→ Mycoplana dimorpha Gray and Thornton 1928 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Urakami et al. 1990.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) TK0055 = ATCC 4279= DSM 7138 = HAMBI 2262 = IFO (now NBRC) 13291 = JCM 20847 = LMG 4061 = NCIB (now NCIMB) 9439 = NRRL B-1091 = VKM Ac-911.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: D12786.
Etymology: Gr. fem. adj. dimorpha, two-formed.
Reference: URAKAMI (T.), OYANAGI (H.), ARAKI (H.), SUZUKI (K.I.) and KOMAGATA (K.): Recharacterization and emended description of the genus Mycoplana and description of two new species, Mycoplana ramosa and Mycoplana segnis. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1990, 40, 434-442.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Mycoplana ramosa Urakami et al. 1990, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) TK0053 = M51 of Macdonald College = ATCC 49678= DSM 7292 = IFO (now NBRC) 15249 = JCM 7822 = LMG 3026 = NCIB (now NCIMB) 9440.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: D13944.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. ramosa, full of boughs, having many branches, branching, branchy.
Valid publication: URAKAMI (T.), OYANAGI (H.), ARAKI (H.), SUZUKI (K.I.) and KOMAGATA (K.): Recharacterization and emended description of the genus Mycoplana and description of two new species, Mycoplana ramosa and Mycoplana segnis. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1990, 40, 434-442.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Mycoplana segnis Urakami et al. 1990, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) TK0059 = ATCC 21756= CIP 106962 = DSM 7131 = IFO (now NBRC) 15250 = JCM 7823 = LMG 17158.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB023427.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. segnis, tslow, inactive, lazy.
Valid publication: URAKAMI (T.), OYANAGI (H.), ARAKI (H.), SUZUKI (K.I.) and KOMAGATA (K.): Recharacterization and emended description of the genus Mycoplana and description of two new species, Mycoplana ramosa and Mycoplana segnis. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1990, 40, 434-442.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ ¤ Caulobacter segnis (Urakami et al. 1990) Abraham et al. 1999, comb. nov.