Name: Mesoplasma whartonense Green et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: whar.to.nen’se. N.L. neut. adj. whartonense, of Wharton State Park, referring to the geographic

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … whar-to-NEN-se, neuter

Type strain: DSM 115716; JKS002660; NCTC 14863

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16S rRNA gene: OM812025 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Green EA, Klepacki I, Klassen JL. Isolation and characterization of mollicute symbionts from a fungus-growing ant reveals high niche overlap leading to co-exclusion. mBio 2025; 16:e0089325. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 226. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6910.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: DMSZ 115716.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-12-16.
  • 🙆 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.

Parent taxon: Mesoplasma Tully et al. 1993

Assigned by: Green EA, Klepacki I, Klassen JL. Isolation and characterization of mollicute symbionts from a fungus-growing ant reveals high niche overlap leading to co-exclusion. mBio 2025; 16:e0089325. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 66014