Name: "Mycoplasmopsis testudinea" (Brown et al. 2004) Gupta et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Mycoplasma testudineum Brown et al. 2004

Etymology: tes.tu.di’ne.a. L. fem. adj. testudinea, of or belonging to a tortoise

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … tes-tu-DI-ne-a, feminine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 700618; BH 29; MCCM 3231

16S rRNA gene: FJ666138 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 testudineum Brown et al. 2004

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: 15769
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