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Genus "Candidatus Vermiplasma"
Name: "Candidatus Vermiplasma" Murakami et al. 2015
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: neuter (stem: Vermiplasmat-), wer-mi-PLAS-ma
Type species: "Candidatus Vermiplasma glaciale" corrig. Murakami et al. 2015
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
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Notes:
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🧔 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.
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🧔 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.
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
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Child taxa:
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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
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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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Record number: 9301
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