Name: Mesoplasma photuris Tully et al. 1994

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pho.tur’is. N.L. gen. fem. n. photuris, of Photuris, referring to the genus of firefly beetle (Photuris sp.) from which the organism was first isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 49581; PUPA-2

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY177627 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tully JG, Whitcomb RF, Hackett KJ, Rose DL, Henegar RB, Bove JM, Carle P, Williamson DL, Clark TB. Taxonomic descriptions of eight new non-sterol-requiring mollicutes assigned to the genus Mesoplasma. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:685-693.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:199-200.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Tullyiplasma photuris" (Tully et al. 1994) Gupta et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Entomoplasma photuris" (Tully et al. 1994) Gasparich and Kuo 2019	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 = 1, note = "PI? PP?". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Mesoplasma Tully et al. 1993

Assigned by: Tully JG, Whitcomb RF, Hackett KJ, Rose DL, Henegar RB, Bove JM, Carle P, Williamson DL, Clark TB. Taxonomic descriptions of eight new non-sterol-requiring mollicutes assigned to the genus Mesoplasma. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:685-693.

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Record number: 784203