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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Metamycoplasma subdolum"

Name: "Metamycoplasma subdolum" (Lemcke and Kirchhoff 1979) Gupta et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Mycoplasma subdolum Lemcke and Kirchhoff 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: sub’do.lum. L. neut. adj. subdolum, somewhat deceptive, alludes to the deceptive color change that led to the original erroneous description of the strains as urea-hydrolyzing

Pronunciation, gender: SUB-do-lum, neuter

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 29870; NCTC 10175; TB

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF125588 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: Metamycoplasma subdolum (Lemcke and Kirchhoff 1979) Gupta et al. 2019

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: 15749
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