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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Mycoplasmopsis leonicaptivi"

Name: "Mycoplasmopsis leonicaptivi" (Hill 1992) Gupta et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Mycoplasma leonicaptivi corrig. Hill 1992

Etymology: le.o.ni.cap.ti’vi. L. masc. n. leo (gen. leonis), a lion; L. adj. captivus -a -um, taken prisoner, captive; N.L. gen. masc. n. leonicaptivi, of the captive lion [probably better: leoniscaptivi]

Pronunciation, gender: le-o-ni-kap-TI-wi, feminine

Nomenclatural type: 3L2; ATCC 498490; ATCC 49890; NCTC 11726

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U16759 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 leonicaptivi corrig. Hill 1992

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: 15764
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