Species Mycoplasma somnilux

Name: Mycoplasma somnilux Williamson et al. 1990

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: som’ni.lux. L. masc. n. somnus, sleep; L. fem. n. lux, light; N.L. fem. n. somnilux, intended to mean sleeping light, referring to the quiescent pupal stage of the host from which the organism was isolated, which precedes the luminescent adult stage (nominative in apposition)

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 49194; NCTC 11719; PYAN-1

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY157871 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Williamson DL, Tully JG, Rose DL, Hackett KJ, Henegar R, Carle P, Bove JM, Colflesh DE, Whitcomb RF. Mycoplasma somnilux sp. nov., Mycoplasma luminosum sp. nov., and Mycoplasma lucivorax sp. nov., new sterol-requiring mollicutes from firefly beetles (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:160-164.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Williamsoniiplasma somnilux (Williamson et al. 1990) Gupta et al. 2019

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

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

Notes:
- Mycoplasma somnilux 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: Williamson DL, Tully JG, Rose DL, Hackett KJ, Henegar R, Carle P, Bove JM, Colflesh DE, Whitcomb RF. Mycoplasma somnilux sp. nov., Mycoplasma luminosum sp. nov., and Mycoplasma lucivorax sp. nov., new sterol-requiring mollicutes from firefly beetles (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:160-164.

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Record number: 784434

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