Name: Eperythrozoon parvum Splitter 1950 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: par’vum. L. neut. adj. parvum, small

Gender: neuter

Type strain: Indiana; no culture isolated

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16S rRNA gene: CP006771 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Splitter EJ. Eperythrozoon suis n. sp. and Eperythrozoon parvum n. sp., 2 new blood parasites of swine. Science 1950; 111:513-514.

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: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Mycoplasma parvum" (Splitter 1950) Do Nascimento et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "un-sequenced orphan species where descriptions, illustrations or dead preserved material serve as the type.". Publication: Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73.
  • 🧍 See the note for Eperythrozoon. Publication: Schilling V. Eperythrozoon coccoides, eine neue durch Splenektomie aktivierbare Dauerinfektion der weissen Maus. Klinische Wochenschrift 1928; 7:1853-1855.

Parent taxon: Eperythrozoon Schilling 1928 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Splitter EJ. Eperythrozoon suis n. sp. and Eperythrozoon parvum n. sp., 2 new blood parasites of swine. Science 1950; 111:513-514.

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Record number: 783787