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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Metamycoplasma gypis"

Name: "Metamycoplasma gypis" (Poveda et al. 1994) Gupta et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Mycoplasma gypis Poveda et al. 1994

Etymology: gy’pis. Gr. masc. n. gyps (gen. gypos), vulture; N.L. gen. masc. n. gypis, of the vulture, the host from which the organism was first isolated

Pronunciation, gender: GY-pis, neuter

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 51370; B1/T1

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF125589 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: Mycoplasma gypis Poveda et al. 1994

Parent taxon: Metamycoplasma 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: 15746
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