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Species "Candidatus Mycoplasma girerdii"

Name: "Candidatus Mycoplasma girerdii" Fettweis et al. 2014

Category, proposed as: species, Candidatus

Etymology: gi.rer’di.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. girerdii, named for P.H. Girerd, an American obstetrician and gynecologist, for his dedication to clinical practice and his contributions to the research of the vaginal microbiota

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: my-ko-PLAS-ma gi-RER-di-i, neuter

Nomenclatural type: no type strain designated; VCU_M1

16S rRNA gene: CP007711 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Fettweis JM, Serrano MG, Huang B, Brooks JP, Glascock AL, Sheth NU, Strauss JF, Jefferson KK, Buck GA. An emerging mycoplasma associated with trichomoniasis, vaginal infection and disease. PLoS One 2014; 9:e110943. 🇺🇸

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: synonym

Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Malacoplasma girerdii" (Fettweis et al. 2014) Gupta et al. 2018

  • Notes:
    • ❗ "Candidatus Mycoplasma girerdii" is the pro-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 and legitimate or pro-validly published and pro-legitimate and not rejected and has priority or pro-priority) within a separate genus Mycoplasma.

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Fettweis JM, Serrano MG, Huang B, Brooks JP, Glascock AL, Sheth NU, Strauss JF, Jefferson KK, Buck GA. An emerging mycoplasma associated with trichomoniasis, vaginal infection and disease. PLoS One 2014; 9:e110943. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 1020

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