Name: "Mycoplasmoides amphoriforme" (Pitcher et al. 2005) Gupta et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Mycoplasma amphoriforme Pitcher et al. 2005

Etymology: am.pho.ri.for’me. L. fem. n. amphora, amphora; L. adj. suff. -formis -is -e, -like, in the shape of; from L. fem. n. forma, figure, shape, appearance; N.L. neut. adj. amphoriforme, amphora-shaped, having the form of an amphora

Gender: neuter

Type strain: A39; ATCC BAA-992; NCTC 11740

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HM235423 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Gupta RS, Sawnani S, Adeolu M, Alnajar S, Oren A. Phylogenetic framework for the phylum Tenericutes based on genome sequence data: proposal for the creation of a new order Mycoplasmoidales ord. nov., containing two new families Mycoplasmoidaceae fam. nov. and Metamycoplasmataceae fam. nov. harbouring Eperythrozoon, Ureaplasma and five novel genera. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2018; 111:1583-1630.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Mycoplasma amphoriforme Pitcher et al. 2005

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Mycoplasma amphoriforme Pitcher et al. 2005	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: NCTC 10156.

Parent taxon: Mycoplasmoides Gupta et al. 2018

Assigned by: Gupta RS, Sawnani S, Adeolu M, Alnajar S, Oren A. Phylogenetic framework for the phylum Tenericutes based on genome sequence data: proposal for the creation of a new order Mycoplasmoidales ord. nov., containing two new families Mycoplasmoidaceae fam. nov. and Metamycoplasmataceae fam. nov. harbouring Eperythrozoon, Ureaplasma and five novel genera. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2018; 111:1583-1630.

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Record number: 15753