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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Mycoplasma paraquilae"

Name: "Mycoplasma paraquilae" Spergser et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: par.a’qui.lae. Gr. prep. para, like; L. gen. masc./fem. n. aquilae, of an eagle of genus Aquila and specific epithet of Mycoplasma aquilae; N.L. gen. masc./fem. n. paraquilae, like Mycoplasma aquilae

Pronunciation, gender: par-A-kwi-la͡e, neuter

Nomenclatural type: 654; DSM 113738; NCTC 14855

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: PP693540 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Spergser J, Kugler S, Kubber-Heiss A, Hofle U, Dinhopl N, Szostak MP, Loncaric I, Viver T, Ramirez AS. Mycoplasma aquilae sp. nov., Mycoplasma paraquilae sp. nov., Mycoplasma haliaeeti sp. nov., Mycoplasma milvi sp. nov., and Mycoplasma razini sp. nov., isolated from predatory birds of the Accipitridae family. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126663.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Spergser J, Kugler S, Kubber-Heiss A, Hofle U, Dinhopl N, Szostak MP, Loncaric I, Viver T, Ramirez AS. Mycoplasma aquilae sp. nov., Mycoplasma paraquilae sp. nov., Mycoplasma haliaeeti sp. nov., Mycoplasma milvi sp. nov., and Mycoplasma razini sp. nov., isolated from predatory birds of the Accipitridae family. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126663.

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Record number: 67821
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