Species ***Spiroplasma* *chrysopicola***

Name: Spiroplasma chrysopicola Whitcomb et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: chry.so.pi’co.la. N.L. masc. n. Chrysops, a genus of deer flies in the Tabanidae; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. chrysopicola, inhabiting Chrysops spp (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: spi-ro-PLAS-ma k^hry-so-PI-ko-la, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 43209; DF-1; DSM 19901

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY189127 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Whitcomb RF, French FE, Tully JG, Gasparich GE, Rose DL, Carle P, Bové JM, Henegar RB, Konai M, Hackett KJ, et al. Spiroplasma chrysopicola sp. nov., Spiroplasma gladiatoris sp. nov., Spiroplasma helicoides sp. nov., and Spiroplasma tabanidicola sp. nov., from Tabanid (Diptera: Tabanidae) flies. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:713-719. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1275-1276.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PI?". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as 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: Spiroplasma Saglio et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Whitcomb RF, French FE, Tully JG, Gasparich GE, Rose DL, Carle P, Bové JM, Henegar RB, Konai M, Hackett KJ, et al. Spiroplasma chrysopicola sp. nov., Spiroplasma gladiatoris sp. nov., Spiroplasma helicoides sp. nov., and Spiroplasma tabanidicola sp. nov., from Tabanid (Diptera: Tabanidae) flies. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:713-719. 🇺🇸

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Species Spiroplasma chrysopicola

Species ***Spiroplasma* *chrysopicola***