Name: Mycoplana dimorpha Gray and Thornton 1928 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: di.mor’pha. N.L. fem. adj. dimorpha, two-formed

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 4279; DSM 7138; HAMBI 2262; IFO 13291; JCM 20847; LMG 4061; NBRC 13291; NCIB 9439; NCIMB 9439; NRRL B-1091; TK0055; VKM Ac-911

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU022307 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gray PHH, Thornton HG. Soil bacteria that decompose certain aromatic compounds. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1928; 73:74-96.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Urakami et al. 1990 Urakami T, Oyanagi H, Araki H, Suzuki KI, Komagata K. Recharacterization and emended description of the genus Mycoplana and description of two new species, Mycoplana ramosa and Mycoplana segnis. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1990; 40:434-442.

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Mycoplana Gray and Thornton 1928 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Gray PHH, Thornton HG. Soil bacteria that decompose certain aromatic compounds. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1928; 73:74-96.
  • The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

Parent taxon: Mycoplana Gray and Thornton 1928 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Gray PHH, Thornton HG. Soil bacteria that decompose certain aromatic compounds. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1928; 73:74-96.

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Record number: 778551