Name: Entomoplasma melaleucae (Tully et al. 1990) Tully et al. 1993

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Mycoplasma melaleucae Tully et al. 1990

Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Melaleuca, a genus of tropical trees having white flowers with sweet fragrance; N.L. gen. fem. n. melaleucae, of Melaleuca, the plant from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 49191; M1; NCTC 11715

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16S rRNA gene: M24478 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tully JG, Bové JM, Laigret F, Whitcomb RF. Revised taxonomy of the class Mollicutes: proposed elevation of a monophyletic cluster of arthropod-associated mollicutes to ordinal rank (Entomoplasmatales ord. nov.), with provision for familial rank to separate species with nonhelical morphology (Entomoplasmataceae fam. nov.) from helical species (Spiroplasmataceae), and emended descriptions of the order Mycoplasmatales, family Mycoplasmataceae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:378-385.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Mesoplasma melaleucae (Tully et al. 1990) Gupta et al. 2019

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Mesoplasma melaleucae (Tully et al. 1990) Gupta et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Mycoplasma melaleucae Tully et al. 1990	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Entomoplasma melaleucae is the correct name instead 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 Entomoplasma.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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.
  • 🧍 This name was not found in the expected IJSEM notification list.

Parent taxon: Entomoplasma Tully et al. 1993

Assigned by: Tully JG, Bové JM, Laigret F, Whitcomb RF. Revised taxonomy of the class Mollicutes: proposed elevation of a monophyletic cluster of arthropod-associated mollicutes to ordinal rank (Entomoplasmatales ord. nov.), with provision for familial rank to separate species with nonhelical morphology (Entomoplasmataceae fam. nov.) from helical species (Spiroplasmataceae), and emended descriptions of the order Mycoplasmatales, family Mycoplasmataceae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:378-385.

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