Name: Acholeplasma seiffertii Bonnet et al. 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: seif.fer’ti.i. 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 strain: 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 under the ICNP

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 under the ICNP
    "Tullyiplasma seiffertii" (Bonnet et al. 1991) Gupta et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • Acholeplasma seiffertii is the correct name if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Acholeplasma.

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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Record number: 783261