Name: "Mesoplasma whartonense" Green et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: neuter

Nomenclatural type: DSM 115716; JKS002660; NCTC 14863

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: OM812025 Analyse FASTA

Original 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.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: DMSZ 115716.

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