Name: Acholeplasma brassicae Tully et al. 1994

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bras’si.cae. L. fem. n. brassica, a cabbage; L. gen. fem. n. brassicae, of cabbage, referring to the plant origin of the organism

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 0502; ATCC 49388

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY538163 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tully JG, Whitcomb RF, Rose DL, Bove JM, Carle P, Somerson NL, Williamson DL, Eden-Green S. Acholeplasma brassicae sp. nov. and Acholeplasma palmae sp. nov., two non-sterol-requiring mollicutes from plant surfaces. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:680-684.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:199-200.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Paracholeplasma brassicae" (Tully et al. 1994) Watanabe et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.01913 (N = 1).
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PI? PP?". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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

Assigned by: Tully JG, Whitcomb RF, Rose DL, Bove JM, Carle P, Somerson NL, Williamson DL, Eden-Green S. Acholeplasma brassicae sp. nov. and Acholeplasma palmae sp. nov., two non-sterol-requiring mollicutes from plant surfaces. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:680-684.

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Record number: 783247