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Species Mycoplasma insons

Name: Mycoplasma insons May et al. 2026

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: in’sons. L. neut. adj. insons, guiltless, innocent

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: my-ko-PLAS-ma IN-sons, neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1435; CCUG 53461; I17P1

16S rRNA gene: EU859974 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: May M, Ortiz GJ, Wendland LD, Rotstein DS, Relich RF, Balish MF, Brown DR. Mycoplasma insons sp. nov., a twisted mycoplasma from green iguanas (Iguana iguana). FEMS Microbiol Lett 2007; 274:298-303. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 228. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7052.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

  • Notes:
    • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
    • 🧍 The type strain I17P1(T) has been deposited with the Mollicutes Collection at Purdue University and with the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC BAA-1435) in the USA. A limited number of cultures generated by the authors have also been deposited with the Culture Collection, University of Göteborg, in Sweden (CCUG 53461). Publication: Edward DG, Freundt EA. Proposal for Mollicutes as name of the class established for the order Mycoplasmatales. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1967; 17:267-268.

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: May M, Ortiz GJ, Wendland LD, Rotstein DS, Relich RF, Balish MF, Brown DR. Mycoplasma insons sp. nov., a twisted mycoplasma from green iguanas (Iguana iguana). FEMS Microbiol Lett 2007; 274:298-303. 🇺🇸

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