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Species Mycoplasma wenyonii
Name: Mycoplasma wenyonii (Adler and Ellenbogen 1934) Neimark et al. 2002
Basonym: Eperythrozoon wenyonii corrig. Adler and Ellenbogen 1934 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: we.ny.o’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. wenyonii, of Wenyon, named after C.M. Wenyon, an investigator of these organisms
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … we-ny-O-ni-i, neuter
Type strain: no culture isolated; parasite of Bos taurus
16S rRNA gene:
AF016546
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Neimark H, Johansson KE, Rikihisa Y, Tully JG. Revision of haemotrophic Mycoplasma species names. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:683. 
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IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:691-692.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Eperythrozoon wenyonii corrig. Adler and Ellenbogen 1934 (Approved Lists 1980) homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Eperythrozoon wenyoni Adler and Ellenbogen 1934 (Approved Lists 1980) homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling "Candidatus Mycoplasma wenyonii" Neimark et al. 2001 homotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 69 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
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🧍 According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "un-sequenced orphan species where descriptions, illustrations or dead preserved material serve as the type.".
Publication:
Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73. 🇩🇪
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🧍 Revision of the former classification as "Candidatus Mycoplasma wenyonii".
Publication:
Neimark H, Johansson KE, Rikihisa Y, Tully JG. Proposal to transfer some members of the genera Haemobartonella and Eperythrozoon to the genus Mycoplasma with descriptions of 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemofelis', 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemomuris', 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemosuis' and 'Candidatus Mycoplasma wenyonii'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:891-899. 🇺🇸
- 🧍 In 2001, Neimark et al. proposed the transfer of Eperythrozoon wenyonii to the genus Mycoplasma with the Candidatus status, "Candidatus Mycoplasma wenyonii" Neimark et al. 2001. The Candidatus designation is for new, incompletely described taxa, in order to give them a provisional status; changing validly published names to Candidatus would lose their standing in nomenclature. So, Neimark et al. revise "Candidatus Mycoplasma wenyonii" to Mycoplasma wenyonii comb. nov. Publication: Adler S, Ellenbogen V. A note on two new blood parasites of cattle, Eperythrozoon and Bartonella. Journal of Comparative Pathology 1934; 47:220-221.
Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Neimark H, Johansson KE, Rikihisa Y, Tully JG. Revision of haemotrophic Mycoplasma species names. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:683. 🇺🇸
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Record number: 784446
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