Name: Paracholeplasma morum (Rose et al. 1980) Watanabe et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Acholeplasma morum Rose et al. 1980

Etymology: mo’rum. L. neut. n. morum, a mulberry, denoting the mulberry-like appearance of agar colonies of the organism (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … MO-rum, neuter

Type strain: 72-043; ATCC 33211; NCTC 10188

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY538168 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Watanabe M, Kojima H, Okano K, Fukui M. Mariniplasma anaerobium gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel anaerobic marine mollicute, and proposal of three novel genera to reclassify members of Acholeplasma clusters II-IV. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5138. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5273.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Acholeplasma morum Rose et al. 1980

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Acholeplasma morum Rose et al. 1980	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Paracholeplasma Watanabe et al. 2021. Publication: Watanabe M, Kojima H, Okano K, Fukui M. Mariniplasma anaerobium gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel anaerobic marine mollicute, and proposal of three novel genera to reclassify members of Acholeplasma clusters II-IV. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5138. 🇯🇵
  • ❗ Paracholeplasma morum is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Paracholeplasma.
  • 😷 The taxon name shown here has no risk group assigned, but is the homotypic synonym of Acholeplasma morum Rose et al. 1980, which has a risk group (Swiss Confederation) above 1. This may require that the name shown here is not treated as the correct name for practical purposes. — The taxon name shown here has no risk group assigned, but is the homotypic synonym of Acholeplasma morum Rose et al. 1980, which has a risk group (Germany) above 1. This may require that the name shown here is not treated as the correct name for practical purposes.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Paracholeplasma Watanabe et al. 2021

Assigned by: Watanabe M, Kojima H, Okano K, Fukui M. Mariniplasma anaerobium gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel anaerobic marine mollicute, and proposal of three novel genera to reclassify members of Acholeplasma clusters II-IV. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5138. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 24956