Name: "Mesomycoplasma dispar" (Gourlay and Leach 1970) Gupta et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Mycoplasma dispar Gourlay and Leach 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: dis’par. L. adj. dispar, dissimilar, different

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 462/2; ATCC 27140; DSM 19993; NCTC 10125

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF412979 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Gupta RS, Sawnani S, Adeolu M, Alnajar S, Oren A. Phylogenetic framework for the phylum Tenericutes based on genome sequence data: proposal for the creation of a new order Mycoplasmoidales ord. nov., containing two new families Mycoplasmoidaceae fam. nov. and Metamycoplasmataceae fam. nov. harbouring Eperythrozoon, Ureaplasma and five novel genera. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2018; 111:1583-1630.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Mesomycoplasma dispar (Gourlay and Leach 1970) Gupta et al. 2019

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Mycoplasma dispar Gourlay and Leach 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Mesomycoplasma dispar (Gourlay and Leach 1970) Gupta et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Parent taxon: Mesomycoplasma Gupta et al. 2018

Assigned by: Gupta RS, Sawnani S, Adeolu M, Alnajar S, Oren A. Phylogenetic framework for the phylum Tenericutes based on genome sequence data: proposal for the creation of a new order Mycoplasmoidales ord. nov., containing two new families Mycoplasmoidaceae fam. nov. and Metamycoplasmataceae fam. nov. harbouring Eperythrozoon, Ureaplasma and five novel genera. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2018; 111:1583-1630.

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Record number: 15742