Species Mycoplasma lactucae

Name: Mycoplasma lactucae Rose et al. 1990

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lac.tu’cae. L. fem. n. lactuca, lettuce; L. gen. fem. n. lactucae, of lettuce, referring to the plant from which the organism was first isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 831-C4; ATCC 49193; NCTC 11718

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16S rRNA gene: AF303132 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rose DL, Kocka JP, Somerson NL, Tully JG, Whitcomb RF, Carle P, Bove JM, Colflesh DE, Williamson DL. Mycoplasma lactucae sp. nov., a sterol-requiring mollicute from a plant surface. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:138-142.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Mesoplasma lactucae (Rose et al. 1990) Tully et al. 1993

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mesoplasma lactucae (Rose et al. 1990) Tully et al. 1993	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Edwardiiplasma lactucae" (Rose et al. 1990) Gupta et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, not validly published
"Entomoplasma lactucae" (Rose et al. 1990) Gasparich and Kuo 2019	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- ❗ Mycoplasma lactucae is the 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, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Mycoplasma.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Rose DL, Kocka JP, Somerson NL, Tully JG, Whitcomb RF, Carle P, Bove JM, Colflesh DE, Williamson DL. Mycoplasma lactucae sp. nov., a sterol-requiring mollicute from a plant surface. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:138-142.

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Record number: 784392

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