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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Candidatus Mycoplasma corallicola"

Name: "Candidatus Mycoplasma corallicola" Neulinger et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: co.ral.li’co.la. L. neut. n. corallum, coral; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. corallicola, coral-dweller, referring to the host of the microorganism (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ko-ral-LI-ko-la, neuter

Nomenclatural type: D11_CW02_full

16S rRNA gene: AM911412 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Neulinger SC, Gartner A, Jarnegren J, Ludvigsen M, Lochte K, Dullo WC. Tissue-associated "Candidatus Mycoplasma corallicola" and filamentous bacteria on the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa (Scleractinia). Appl Environ Microbiol 2009; 75:1437-1444. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Neulinger SC, Gartner A, Jarnegren J, Ludvigsen M, Lochte K, Dullo WC. Tissue-associated "Candidatus Mycoplasma corallicola" and filamentous bacteria on the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa (Scleractinia). Appl Environ Microbiol 2009; 75:1437-1444. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 800216
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