Name: Paracholeplasma vituli (Angulo et al. 2000) Watanabe et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Acholeplasma vituli Angulo et al. 2000

Etymology: vi.tu’li. L. gen. masc. n. vituli, calf

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 700667; CIP 107001; FC-097; FC 097-2

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AF031479 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

Correct name: Acholeplasma vituli Angulo et al. 2000

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Acholeplasma vituli Angulo et al. 2000	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Paracholeplasma vituli 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 vituli Angulo et al. 2000, 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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: 25505