Name: Acholeplasma pleciae (Tully et al. 1994) Knight 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Mesoplasma pleciae Tully et al. 1994

Etymology: N.L. gen. fem. n. pleciae, of Plecia, referring to the genus of corn maggot (Plecia sp.) from which the organism was first isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 49582; NBRC 100476; PS-1

16S rRNA gene: AB681174 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Knight TFJ. Reclassification of Mesoplasma pleciae as Acholeplasma pleciae comb. nov. on the basis of 16S rRNA and gyrB gene sequence data. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1951-1952.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:551-554.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Mesoplasma pleciae Tully et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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

Assigned by: Knight TFJ. Reclassification of Mesoplasma pleciae as Acholeplasma pleciae comb. nov. on the basis of 16S rRNA and gyrB gene sequence data. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1951-1952.

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Record number: 783260