Name: Mycoplasmopsis mustelae (Salih et al. 1983) Gupta et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Mycoplasma mustelae Salih et al. 1983

Etymology: mus.te’lae. L. fem. n. Mustela, the generic name of the mink (Mustela vison); from L. fem. n. mustela, a weasel; L. gen. fem. n. mustelae, aof Mustela, of a vison

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: my-ko-plasm-OP-sis mus-TE-la͡e, feminine

Type strain: AMRC-C 1486; ATCC 35214; MX9; NCTC 10193

16S rRNA gene: AF412986 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective 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. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 184. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3379-3393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

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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