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Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Mycoplasmopsis elephantis"

Name: "Mycoplasmopsis elephantis" (Kirchhoff et al. 1996) Gupta et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Mycoplasma elephantis Kirchhoff et al. 1996

Etymology: e.le.phan’tis. L. gen. masc. n. elephantis, of the elephant

Gender: feminine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 51980; E42

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF221121 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 elephantis Kirchhoff et al. 1996

Parent taxon: Mycoplasmopsis 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: 15761
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