Name: "Candidatus Vermiplasma" Murakami et al. 2015

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Ver.mi.plas’ma. L. masc. n. vermis, worm; Gr. neut. n. plasma, something formed or moulded; N.L. neut. n. Vermiplasma, something formed from a worm

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Vermiplasmat-), wer-mi-PLAS-ma

Type species: "Candidatus Vermiplasma glaciale" corrig. Murakami et al. 2015

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Murakami T, Segawa T, Bodington D, Dial R, Takeuchi N, Kohshima S, Hongoh Y. Census of bacterial microbiota associated with the glacier ice worm Mesenchytraeus solifugus. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2015; 91:0. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 2. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4671.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

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

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧔 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, 3rd July 2016, Brisbane, Australia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2482-2484. 🇺🇸

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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Vermiplasma glaciale" corrig. Murakami et al. 2015	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Vermiplasma glacialis" Murakami et al. 2015	inaccurate spelling	misspelling

Parent taxon: Mycoplasmataceae Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Murakami T, Segawa T, Bodington D, Dial R, Takeuchi N, Kohshima S, Hongoh Y. Census of bacterial microbiota associated with the glacier ice worm Mesenchytraeus solifugus. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2015; 91:0. 🇯🇵

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