Name: Williamsoniiplasma Gupta et al. 2019

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Wil.li.am.so.ni.i.plas’ma. Gr. neut. n. plasma, anything formed or moulded, image, figure; N.L. neut. n. Williamsoniiplasma, a form named to recognize the contributions of Dr. David L. Willamson to the field of Mollicutes

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Williamsoniiplasmat-), wil-li-am-so-ni-i-PLAS-ma

Type species: Williamsoniiplasma lucivorax (Williamson et al. 1990) Gupta et al. 2019

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gupta RS, Son J, Oren A. A phylogenomic and molecular markers based taxonomic framework for members of the order Entomoplasmatales: proposal for an emended order Mycoplasmatales containing the family Spiroplasmataceae and emended family Mycoplasmataceae comprised of six genera. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2019; 112:561-588.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 188. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1844-1846.

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 Entomoplasma Tully et al. 1993. Publication: Tully JG, Bové JM, Laigret F, Whitcomb RF. Revised taxonomy of the class Mollicutes: proposed elevation of a monophyletic cluster of arthropod-associated mollicutes to ordinal rank (Entomoplasmatales ord. nov.), with provision for familial rank to separate species with nonhelical morphology (Entomoplasmataceae fam. nov.) from helical species (Spiroplasmataceae), and emended descriptions of the order Mycoplasmatales, family Mycoplasmataceae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:378-385.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Williamson DL, Tully JG, Rose DL, Hackett KJ, Henegar R, Carle P, Bove JM, Colflesh DE, Whitcomb RF. Mycoplasma somnilux sp. nov., Mycoplasma luminosum sp. nov., and Mycoplasma lucivorax sp. nov., new sterol-requiring mollicutes from firefly beetles (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:160-164.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Willamsoniiplasma".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Tully et al. (1993). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 4; NCTC: 3.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
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
    "Williamsoniiplasma freundtii" (Tully et al. 1998) Gupta et al. 2019	not validly published	synonym
    Williamsoniiplasma lucivorax (Williamson et al. 1990) Gupta et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Williamsoniiplasma luminosum (Williamson et al. 1990) Gupta et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Williamsoniiplasma somnilux (Williamson et al. 1990) Gupta et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Mycoplasmataceae Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Gupta RS, Son J, Oren A. A phylogenomic and molecular markers based taxonomic framework for members of the order Entomoplasmatales: proposal for an emended order Mycoplasmatales containing the family Spiroplasmataceae and emended family Mycoplasmataceae comprised of six genera. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2019; 112:561-588.

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