Name: Haploplasma axanthum (Tully and Razin 1970) Watanabe et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Acholeplasma axanthum Tully and Razin 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: a’xan’thum. Gr. pref. a-, not, without (inseparable prefix); Gr. masc. adj. xanthos, yellow; N.L. neut. adj. axanthum, without yellow (pigment)

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 25176; NCTC 10138; S-743

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF412968 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Watanabe M, Kojima H, Okano K, Fukui M. Mariniplasma anaerobium gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel anaerobic marine mollicute, and proposal of three novel genera to reclassify members of Acholeplasma clusters II-IV. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5138.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5273.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Acholeplasma axanthum Tully and Razin 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Acholeplasma axanthum Tully and Razin 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Haploplasma Watanabe et al. 2021. Publication: Watanabe M, Kojima H, Okano K, Fukui M. Mariniplasma anaerobium gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel anaerobic marine mollicute, and proposal of three novel genera to reclassify members of Acholeplasma clusters II-IV. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5138.
  • Haploplasma axanthum 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 Haploplasma.

Parent taxon: Haploplasma Watanabe et al. 2021

Assigned by: Watanabe M, Kojima H, Okano K, Fukui M. Mariniplasma anaerobium gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel anaerobic marine mollicute, and proposal of three novel genera to reclassify members of Acholeplasma clusters II-IV. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5138.

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Record number: 24950