Name: Mesomycoplasma Gupta et al. 2018

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Me.so.my.co.plas’ma. Gr. masc. adj. mesos, middle; N.L. neut. n. Mycoplasma, a bacterial genus; N.L. neut. n. Mesomycoplasma, in between other mycoplasmas

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Mesomycoplasmat-), me-so-my-ko-PLAS-ma

Type species: Mesomycoplasma hyopneumoniae (Maré and Switzer 1965) Gupta et al. 2018

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gupta RS, Sawnani S, Adeolu M, Alnajar S, Oren A. Phylogenetic framework for the phylum Tenericutes based on genome sequence data: proposal for the creation of a new order Mycoplasmoidales ord. nov., containing two new families Mycoplasmoidaceae fam. nov. and Metamycoplasmataceae fam. nov. harbouring Eperythrozoon, Ureaplasma and five novel genera. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2018; 111:1583-1630. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 184. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3379-3393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Maré CJ, Switzer WP. New species: Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae a causative agent of virus pig pneumonia. Veterinary Medicine 1965; 60:841-846.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: May M, Brown DR. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Mollicutes: Minutes of the closed meeting, 8 July 2018, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2169-2171. 🇺🇸
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 16; NCTC: 15; DSM: 7; CIP: 3; IFO: 2; NBRC: 2.
  • 🧍 See also Gupta and Oren (2020). The Request by Balish et al. (2019) was denied in Opinion 122 because it was concluded that the Request was based on a misinterpretation of the Code. Publication: Gupta RS, Oren A. Necessity and rationale for the proposed name changes in the classification of Mollicutes species. Reply to: 'Recommended rejection of the names Malacoplasma gen. nov., Mesomycoplasma gen. nov., Metamycoplasma gen. nov., Metamycoplasmataceae fam. nov., Mycoplasmoidaceae fam. nov., Mycoplasmoidales ord. nov., Mycoplasmoides gen. nov., Mycoplasmopsis gen. nov. [Gupta, Sawnani, Adeolu, Alnajar and Oren 2018] and all proposed species comb. nov. placed therein', by M. Balish et al. (Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, 2019;69:3650-3653). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1431-1438. 🇨🇦
  • 🧍 The distinct name Metamycoplasma from the same publication has a similar spelling. Publication: Angell RC, Freund GE, Willett P. Automatic spelling correction using a trigram similarity measure. Information Processing and Management 1983; 19:255-261.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 11
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 11
Total number of child taxa: 16

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Mesomycoplasma bovoculi" (Langford and Leach 1973) Gupta et al. 2018	not validly published	synonym
    Mesomycoplasma bovoculi (Langford and Leach 1973) Gupta et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Mesomycoplasma collis" (Hill 1983) Gupta et al. 2018	not validly published	synonym
    Mesomycoplasma conjunctivae (Barile et al. 1972) Gupta et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Mesomycoplasma dispar" (Gourlay and Leach 1970) Gupta et al. 2018	not validly published	synonym
    Mesomycoplasma dispar (Gourlay and Leach 1970) Gupta et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Mesomycoplasma flocculare (Meyling and Friis 1972) Gupta et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Mesomycoplasma hyopneumoniae (Maré and Switzer 1965) Gupta et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Mesomycoplasma hyorhinis (Switzer 1955) Gupta et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Mesomycoplasma lagogenitalium (Kobayashi et al. 1997) Gupta et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Mesomycoplasma moatsii (Madden et al. 1974) Gupta et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Mesomycoplasma mobile" (Kirchhoff et al. 1987) Gupta et al. 2018	not validly published	synonym
    Mesomycoplasma molare corrig. (Rosendal 1974) Gupta et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Mesomycoplasma molaris (Rosendal 1974) Gupta et al. 2018	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Mesomycoplasma neurolyticum (Sabin 1941) Gupta et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Mesomycoplasma ovipneumoniae (Carmichael et al. 1972) Gupta et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Metamycoplasmataceae Gupta et al. 2018

Assigned by: Gupta RS, Sawnani S, Adeolu M, Alnajar S, Oren A. Phylogenetic framework for the phylum Tenericutes based on genome sequence data: proposal for the creation of a new order Mycoplasmoidales ord. nov., containing two new families Mycoplasmoidaceae fam. nov. and Metamycoplasmataceae fam. nov. harbouring Eperythrozoon, Ureaplasma and five novel genera. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2018; 111:1583-1630. 🇨🇦

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