Species Mycoplasma melaleucae

Name: Mycoplasma melaleucae Tully et al. 1990

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: neuter

Type strains: 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

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
Mesoplasma melaleucae (Tully et al. 1990) Gupta et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, validly published

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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