Species "Candidatus Mycoplasma haemofelis"

Name: "Candidatus Mycoplasma haemofelis" Neimark et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: hae.mo.fe’lis. Gr. neut. n. haîma, blood; L. gen. fem. n. felis, of the cat; N.L. gen. fem. n. haemofelis, of cat blood

Gender: neuter

Nomenclatural type: agent of feline infectious anaemia; no culture isolated; Ohio-Florida

16S rRNA gene: U88563 Analyse FASTA

Pro-valid publication: Neimark H, Johansson KE, Rikihisa Y, Tully JG. Proposal to transfer some members of the genera Haemobartonella and Eperythrozoon to the genus Mycoplasma with descriptions of 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemofelis', 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemomuris', 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemosuis' and 'Candidatus Mycoplasma wenyonii'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:891-899.

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

Correct name: Mycoplasma haemofelis Neimark et al. 2002

Risk group: 2

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Neimark H, Johansson KE, Rikihisa Y, Tully JG. Proposal to transfer some members of the genera Haemobartonella and Eperythrozoon to the genus Mycoplasma with descriptions of 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemofelis', 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemomuris', 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemosuis' and 'Candidatus Mycoplasma wenyonii'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:891-899.

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Record number: 4475
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