Species Mycoplasma ellychniae

Name: Mycoplasma ellychniae Tully et al. 1989

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Ellychnia, a genus of firefly beetles; N.L. gen. fem. n. ellychniae, of Ellychnia, from which the organism was first isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 43707; ELCN-1; NCTC 11714

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16S rRNA gene: JN644764 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tully JG, Rose DL, Hackett KJ, Whitcomb RF, Carle P, Bové JM, Colflesh DE, Williamson DL. Mycoplasma ellychniae sp. nov., a sterol-requiring mollicute from the firefly beetle Ellychnia corrusca. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:284-289.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Entomoplasma ellychniae (Tully et al. 1989) Tully et al. 1993

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Entomoplasma ellychniae (Tully et al. 1989) Tully et al. 1993	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Mycoplasma ellychniae is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Mycoplasma.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Tully JG, Rose DL, Hackett KJ, Whitcomb RF, Carle P, Bové JM, Colflesh DE, Williamson DL. Mycoplasma ellychniae sp. nov., a sterol-requiring mollicute from the firefly beetle Ellychnia corrusca. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:284-289.

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Record number: 784359

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Species Mycoplasma ellychniae