Species Mycoplasma melaleucae

Name: Mycoplasma melaleucae Tully et al. 1990

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Melaleuca, a genus of tropical trees having white flowers with sweet fragrance; N.L. gen. fem. n. melaleucae, of Melaleuca, the plant from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 49191; M1; NCTC 11715

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16S rRNA gene: M24478 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tully JG, Rose DL, McCoy RE, Carle P, Bove JM, Whitcomb RF, Weisburg WG. Mycoplasma melaleucae sp. nov., a sterol-requiring mollicute from flowers of several tropical plants. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:143-147.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Mesoplasma melaleucae (Tully et al. 1990) Gupta et al. 2019

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Entomoplasma melaleucae (Tully et al. 1990) Tully et al. 1993	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Mesoplasma melaleucae (Tully et al. 1990) Gupta et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- Mycoplasma melaleucae is the correct name 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.

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Tully JG, Rose DL, McCoy RE, Carle P, Bove JM, Whitcomb RF, Weisburg WG. Mycoplasma melaleucae sp. nov., a sterol-requiring mollicute from flowers of several tropical plants. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:143-147.

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Record number: 784402

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