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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Mycoplasma marinum

Name: Mycoplasma marinum Ramírez et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri’num. L. neut. adj. marinum, of or belonging to the sea, marine

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ma-RI-num, neuter

Type strain: CIP 111404; DSM 105487; PE

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LT716014 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Ramirez AS, Vega-Orellana OM, Viver T, Poveda JB, Rosales RS, Poveda CG, Spergser J, Szostak MP, Caballero MJ, Ressel L, et al. First description of two moderately halophilic and psychrotolerant Mycoplasma species isolated from cephalopods and proposal of Mycoplasma marinum sp. nov. and Mycoplasma todarodis sp. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2019; 42:457-467. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 191. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Ramirez AS, Vega-Orellana OM, Viver T, Poveda JB, Rosales RS, Poveda CG, Spergser J, Szostak MP, Caballero MJ, Ressel L, et al. First description of two moderately halophilic and psychrotolerant Mycoplasma species isolated from cephalopods and proposal of Mycoplasma marinum sp. nov. and Mycoplasma todarodis sp. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2019; 42:457-467. 🇪🇸

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Record number: 5463
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