Name: Spiroplasma cantharicola Whitcomb et al. 1993
Etymology: can.tha.ri.co.la. Gr. masc. n. kantharos, scarab beetle; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. cantharicola, an inhabitant of a family of beetles (nominative in apposition)
Type strain: ATCC 43207; CC 1; DSM 21588
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16S rRNA gene: DQ861914 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Whitcomb RF, Chastel C, Abalain-Colloc M, Stevens C, Tully JG, Rose DL, Carle P, Bové JM, Henegar RB, Hackett KJ, et al. Spiroplasma cantharicola sp. nov., from cantharid beetles (Coleoptera: Cantharidae). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:421-424.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 43, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:866.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Spiroplasma Saglio et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Whitcomb RF, Chastel C, Abalain-Colloc M, Stevens C, Tully JG, Rose DL, Carle P, Bové JM, Henegar RB, Hackett KJ, et al. Spiroplasma cantharicola sp. nov., from cantharid beetles (Coleoptera: Cantharidae). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:421-424.
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Record number: 784927