Name: Paracholeplasma Watanabe et al. 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Par.a.cho.le.plas’ma. Gr. prep. para, beside; N.L. neut. n. Acholeplasma, a genus name; N.L. neut. n. Paracholeplasma, resembling the genus Acholeplasma

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Paracholeplasmat-), par-a-k^ho-le-PLAS-ma

Type species: Paracholeplasma morum (Rose et al. 1980) Watanabe et al. 2021

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: 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. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5273.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Acholeplasma Edward and Freundt 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Acholeplasma Edward and Freundt 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Tullyiplasma Gupta et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Sapromyces" Sabin 1941	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Alteracholeplasma Watanabe et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Haploplasma Watanabe et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Acholeplasma Edward and Freundt 1970 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Rose DL, Tully JG, Del Giudice RA. Acholeplasma morum, a new non-sterol-requiring species. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1980; 30:647-654.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Paracholepsma".
  • ❗ Paracholeplasma is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 3; NCTC: 2; DSM: 1; CIP: 1.
  • 🧍 The distinct name Alteracholeplasma 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: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Paracholeplasma brassicae" (Tully et al. 1994) Watanabe et al. 2021	not validly published	synonym
    Paracholeplasma manati Volokhov et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	orphaned species
    Paracholeplasma morum (Rose et al. 1980) Watanabe et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Paracholeplasma vituli (Angulo et al. 2000) Watanabe et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

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

Assigned by: 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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