Species "Candidatus Mycoplasma haemodidelphidis"

Name: "Candidatus Mycoplasma haemodidelphidis" Messick et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: hae.mo.di.del’phid.is. Gr. neut. n. haîma, blood; N.L. gen. fem. n. didelphidis, of the opossum [probably better: didelphis]; N.L. gen. fem. n. haemodidelphidis, of opossum blood

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: inaccurate spelling

Nomenclatural pro-status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Mycoplasma haematodidelphidis" corrig. Messick et al. 2002

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Candidatus Mycoplasma haematodidelphidis" corrig. Messick et al. 2002	corrected spelling of name, pro-validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 🧍 This name was also included in a Notification List. Publication: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1077-1079.

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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Species "Candidatus Mycoplasma haemodidelphidis"