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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Candidatus Mycoplasma haematodidelphidis"

Name: "Candidatus Mycoplasma haematodidelphidis" corrig. Messick et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: hae.ma.to.di.del’phi.dis. Gr. neut. n. haîma, blood; N.L. fem. n. Didelphis, an opossum genus; N.L. gen. fem. n. haematodidelphidis, of opossum blood [probably better: haematodidelphis]

Gender: neuter

Nomenclatural type: no culture isolated

16S rRNA gene: AF178676 Analyse FASTA

Pro-valid publication: Messick JB, Walker PG, Raphael W, Berent L, Shi X. 'Candidatus mycoplasma haemodidelphidis' sp. nov., 'Candidatus mycoplasma haemolamae' sp. nov. and Mycoplasma haemocanis comb. nov., haemotrophic parasites from a naturally infected opossum (Didelphis virginiana), alpaca (Lama pacos) and dog (Canis familiaris): phylogenetic and secondary structural relatedness of their 16S rRNA genes to other mycoplasmas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:693-698.

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: Messick JB, Walker PG, Raphael W, Berent L, Shi X. 'Candidatus mycoplasma haemodidelphidis' sp. nov., 'Candidatus mycoplasma haemolamae' sp. nov. and Mycoplasma haemocanis comb. nov., haemotrophic parasites from a naturally infected opossum (Didelphis virginiana), alpaca (Lama pacos) and dog (Canis familiaris): phylogenetic and secondary structural relatedness of their 16S rRNA genes to other mycoplasmas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:693-698.

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Record number: 22111
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