Species "Mycoplasma wenyonii"

Name: "Mycoplasma wenyonii" (Adler and Ellenbogen 1934) Neimark and Kocan 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Eperythrozoon wenyoni Adler and Ellenbogen 1934 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: we.ny.o’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. wenyonii, referring to Wenyon

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: my-ko-PLAS-ma we-ny-O-ni-i, neuter

Nomenclatural type: no culture isolated; parasite of Bos taurus

16S rRNA gene: AF016546 Analysetree FASTA download

Original publication: Neimark H, Kocan KM. The cell wall-less rickettsia Eperythrozoon wenyonii is a Mycoplasma. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1997; 156:287-291.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Mycoplasma wenyonii (Adler and Ellenbogen 1934) Neimark et al. 2002

Risk group: 2

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Neimark H, Kocan KM. The cell wall-less rickettsia Eperythrozoon wenyonii is a Mycoplasma. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1997; 156:287-291.

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Record number: 3049

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