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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Mycoplasmopsis iguanae"

Name: "Mycoplasmopsis iguanae" (Brown et al. 2006) Gupta et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Mycoplasma iguanae Brown et al. 2006

Etymology: i.gu.a’nae. N.L. gen. fem. n. iguanae, of the iguana lizard

Gender: feminine

Nomenclatural type: 2327; ATCC BAA-1050; NCTC 11745

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU859973 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 iguanae Brown et al. 2006

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: 15763
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