Genus Entomoplasma

Name: Entomoplasma Tully et al. 1993

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: En.to.mo.plas’ma. Gr. neut. adj. entomon, insect; Gr. neut. n. plasma, something formed or molded, a form, an image; N.L. neut. n. Entomoplasma, intended to mean associated with insects

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Entomoplasmat-), en-to-mo-PLAS-ma

Type species: Entomoplasma ellychniae (Tully et al. 1989) Tully et al. 1993

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tully JG, Bové JM, Laigret F, Whitcomb RF. Revised taxonomy of the class Mollicutes: proposed elevation of a monophyletic cluster of arthropod-associated mollicutes to ordinal rank (Entomoplasmatales ord. nov.), with provision for familial rank to separate species with nonhelical morphology (Entomoplasmataceae fam. nov.) from helical species (Spiroplasmataceae), and emended descriptions of the order Mycoplasmatales, family Mycoplasmataceae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:378-385. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 43, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:625.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Gupta et al. 2019 Gupta RS, Son J, Oren A. A phylogenomic and molecular markers based taxonomic framework for members of the order Entomoplasmatales: proposal for an emended order Mycoplasmatales containing the family Spiroplasmataceae and emended family Mycoplasmataceae comprised of six genera. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2019; 112:561-588. 🇨🇦 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 30. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1850-1851.
    Notes:
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 5 species from the genus.
  • Gasparich and Kuo 2019 Gasparich GE, Kuo CH. Genome analysis-based union of the genus Mesoplasma with the genus Entomoplasma. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2735-2738. 🇺🇸 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3663-3665.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 3 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Entomoplasmataceae Tully et al. 1993. Publication: Tully JG, Bové JM, Laigret F, Whitcomb RF. Revised taxonomy of the class Mollicutes: proposed elevation of a monophyletic cluster of arthropod-associated mollicutes to ordinal rank (Entomoplasmatales ord. nov.), with provision for familial rank to separate species with nonhelical morphology (Entomoplasmataceae fam. nov.) from helical species (Spiroplasmataceae), and emended descriptions of the order Mycoplasmatales, family Mycoplasmataceae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:378-385. 🇺🇸
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Entomoplasmatales Tully et al. 1993. Publication: Tully JG, Bové JM, Laigret F, Whitcomb RF. Revised taxonomy of the class Mollicutes: proposed elevation of a monophyletic cluster of arthropod-associated mollicutes to ordinal rank (Entomoplasmatales ord. nov.), with provision for familial rank to separate species with nonhelical morphology (Entomoplasmataceae fam. nov.) from helical species (Spiroplasmataceae), and emended descriptions of the order Mycoplasmatales, family Mycoplasmataceae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:378-385. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Tully et al. (1993) assigned this genus to the family Entomoplasmataceae Tully et al. 1993. Publication: Tully JG, Bové JM, Laigret F, Whitcomb RF. Revised taxonomy of the class Mollicutes: proposed elevation of a monophyletic cluster of arthropod-associated mollicutes to ordinal rank (Entomoplasmatales ord. nov.), with provision for familial rank to separate species with nonhelical morphology (Entomoplasmataceae fam. nov.) from helical species (Spiroplasmataceae), and emended descriptions of the order Mycoplasmatales, family Mycoplasmataceae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:378-385. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Tully et al. (1993) assigned this genus to the order Entomoplasmatales Tully et al. 1993. Publication: Tully JG, Bové JM, Laigret F, Whitcomb RF. Revised taxonomy of the class Mollicutes: proposed elevation of a monophyletic cluster of arthropod-associated mollicutes to ordinal rank (Entomoplasmatales ord. nov.), with provision for familial rank to separate species with nonhelical morphology (Entomoplasmataceae fam. nov.) from helical species (Spiroplasmataceae), and emended descriptions of the order Mycoplasmatales, family Mycoplasmataceae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:378-385. 🇺🇸
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Tully JG, Rose DL, Hackett KJ, Whitcomb RF, Carle P, Bové JM, Colflesh DE, Williamson DL. Mycoplasma ellychniae sp. nov., a sterol-requiring mollicute from the firefly beetle Ellychnia corrusca. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:284-289. 🇺🇸
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Entoinoplasma"; "Entomoplasnza"; "Entomoplasrna"; "Entomoplusma"; "Entonioplasma"; "Entornoplasma"; "Entornoplusma".
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Bradbury JM. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of mollicutes. Minutes of the interim meetings, 13 and 19 July 2000, Fukuoka, Japan. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2001; 51:2227-2230.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Johansson KE. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Mollicutes. Minutes of the meetings, 21 and 28 July 1998, Sydney, Australia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1393-1397.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Tully et al. (1993). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 19; NCTC: 9; DSM: 1; NBRC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 9
Total number of child taxa: 19

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Entomoplasma chauliocola" (Tully et al. 1994) Gasparich and Kuo 2019	not validly published	synonym
    "Entomoplasma coleopterae" (Tully et al. 1994) Gasparich and Kuo 2019	not validly published	synonym
    "Entomoplasma corruscae" (Tully et al. 1994) Gupta et al. 2019	not validly published	synonym
    "Entomoplasma corruscae" (Tully et al. 1994) Gasparich and Kuo 2019	not validly published	synonym
    Entomoplasma ellychniae (Tully et al. 1989) Tully et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Entomoplasma entomophilum (Tully et al. 1988) Gasparich and Kuo 2025	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Entomoplasma florum (McCoy et al. 1984) Gasparich and Kuo 2025	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Entomoplasma freundtii Tully et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Entomoplasma grammopterae" (Tully et al. 1994) Gasparich and Kuo 2019	not validly published	synonym
    "Entomoplasma lactucae" (Rose et al. 1990) Gasparich and Kuo 2019	not validly published	synonym
    Entomoplasma lucivorax (Williamson et al. 1990) Tully et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Entomoplasma luminosum (Williamson et al. 1990) Tully et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Entomoplasma melaleucae (Tully et al. 1990) Tully et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Entomoplasma multilocale (Hill et al. 1992) Gasparich and Kuo 2025	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Entomoplasma photuris" (Tully et al. 1994) Gasparich and Kuo 2019	not validly published	synonym
    "Entomoplasma seiffertii" (Bonnet et al. 1991) Gasparich and Kuo 2019	not validly published	synonym
    Entomoplasma somnilux (Williamson et al. 1990) Tully et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Entomoplasma syrphidae" (Tully et al. 1994) Gasparich and Kuo 2019	not validly published	synonym
    "Entomoplasma tabanidae" (Tully et al. 1994) Gasparich and Kuo 2019	not validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Mycoplasmataceae Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Gupta RS, Son J, Oren A. A phylogenomic and molecular markers based taxonomic framework for members of the order Entomoplasmatales: proposal for an emended order Mycoplasmatales containing the family Spiroplasmataceae and emended family Mycoplasmataceae comprised of six genera. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2019; 112:561-588. 🇨🇦

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