Name: Acholeplasma equifetale Kirchoff 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: e.qui.fe.ta.le. L. masc. n. equus, horse; N.L. adj. fetalis -is -e, pertaining to the fetus; N.L. neut. adj. equifetale, pertaining to the horse fetus

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 29724; NCTC 10171

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY538165 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kirchoff H. Neue Spezies der Fam. Acholeplasmataceae und der Fam. Mykoplasmataceae bei Pferden. Zentralblatt für Veterinarmedizin Reihe B 1974; 21:207-210.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07954 (N = 1).
  • The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

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

Assigned by: Kirchoff H. Neue Spezies der Fam. Acholeplasmataceae und der Fam. Mykoplasmataceae bei Pferden. Zentralblatt für Veterinarmedizin Reihe B 1974; 21:207-210.

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Record number: 783250