Name: Acholeplasma seiffertii Bonnet et al. 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. seiffertii, of Seiffert, in honor of Gustav Seiffert, a German microbiologist who performed pioneer studies on mollicutes that occur in soil and compost and do not require sterols for growth

Gender: neuter

Type strains: ATCC 49495; F7

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY351331 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bonnet F, Saillard C, Vignault JC, Garnier M, Carle P, Bové JM, Rose DL, Tully JG, Whitcomb RF. Acholeplasma seiffertii sp. nov., a mollicute from plant surfaces. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:45-49.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 41, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:457-458.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Mesoplasma seiffertii (Bonnet et al. 1991) Tully et al. 1993

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Mesoplasma seiffertii (Bonnet et al. 1991) Tully et al. 1993	homotypic synonym, validly published

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

Assigned by: Bonnet F, Saillard C, Vignault JC, Garnier M, Carle P, Bové JM, Rose DL, Tully JG, Whitcomb RF. Acholeplasma seiffertii sp. nov., a mollicute from plant surfaces. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:45-49.

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