Name: Mariniplasma anaerobium Watanabe et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: an.ae.ro’bi.um. Gr. pref. an-, not (here: inseparable prefix); Gr. masc. n. aêr, air; Gr. masc. n. bios, life; N.L. neut. adj. anaerobium, not living in air

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 108117; Mahy22; NBRC 113541

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16S rRNA gene: LC430819 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: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Mariniplasma 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Mariniplasma 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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