Species "Candidatus Mycoplasma haematolamae"

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

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: hae.ma.to.la’mae. Gr. neut. n. haîma, blood; L. fem. n. Lama, genus name of the lama; N.L. gen. fem. n. haematolamae, of lama blood

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ha͡e-ma-to-LA-ma͡e, neuter

Nomenclatural type: Michigan; no culture isolated; no type strain designated

16S rRNA gene: AF306346 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: synonym

Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Eperythrozoon haematolamae" corrig. (Messick et al. 2002) Gupta et al. 2018

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Candidatus Eperythrozoon haematolamae" corrig. (Messick et al. 2002) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP
"Candidatus Eperythrozoon haemolamae" (Messick et al. 2002) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
"Candidatus Mycoplasma haemolamae" Messick et al. 2002	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

Notes:
- ❗ "Candidatus Mycoplasma haematolamae" 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: 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: 21990

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Species "Candidatus Mycoplasma haematolamae"