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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Mycoplasma sphenisci"

Name: "Mycoplasma sphenisci" Frasca et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sphe.nis’ci. N.L. gen. masc. n. sphenisci, of Spheniscus, a systematic genus of penguins, indicating the source of the type strain

Pronunciation, gender: sphe-NIS-ki, neuter

Nomenclatural type: UCMJ

16S rRNA gene: FJ226558 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Frasca SJ, Weber ES, Urquhart H, Liao X, Gladd M, Cecchini K, Hudson P, May M, Gast RJ, Gorton TS, et al. Isolation and characterization of Mycoplasma sphenisci sp. nov. from the choana of an aquarium-reared jackass penguin (Spheniscus demersus). J Clin Microbiol 2005; 43:2976-2979.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Frasca SJ, Weber ES, Urquhart H, Liao X, Gladd M, Cecchini K, Hudson P, May M, Gast RJ, Gorton TS, et al. Isolation and characterization of Mycoplasma sphenisci sp. nov. from the choana of an aquarium-reared jackass penguin (Spheniscus demersus). J Clin Microbiol 2005; 43:2976-2979.

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Record number: 801231
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