Name: "Candidatus Mariniplasma" corrig. Mortzfeld et al. 2016

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Ma.ri.ni.plas’ma. L. masc. adj. marinus, marine; Gr. neut. n. plasma, a shape; N.L. neut. n. Mariniplasma, a marine shape

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Mariniplasmat-), ma-ri-ni-PLAS-ma

Type species: "Candidatus Mariniplasma primum" Mortzfeld et al. 2016

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Mortzfeld BM, Urbanski S, Reitzel AM, Kunzel S, Technau U, Fraune S. Response of bacterial colonization in Nematostella vectensis to development, environment and biogeography. Environ Microbiol 2016; 18:1764-1781. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 3. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5186.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

Parent taxon: Acholeplasmataceae Edward and Freundt 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Watanabe M, Kojima H, Okano K, Fukui M. Mariniplasma anaerobium gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel anaerobic marine mollicute, and proposal of three novel genera to reclassify members of Acholeplasma clusters II-IV. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5138. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 14243
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