Name: Spiroplasma culicicola Hung et al. 1987
Etymology: cu.li.ci’co.la. N.L. fem. pl. n. Culicidae, family name of mosquitoes; N.L. masc./fem. n. culicicola, to denote family of insect host (nominative in apposition)
Type strain: AES-1; ATCC 35112; DSM 19754
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16S rRNA gene: AY189129 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Hung SHY, Chen TA, Whitcomb RF, Tully JG, Chen YX. Spiroplasma culicicola sp. nov. from the salt marsh mosquito Aedes sollicitans. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:365-370.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Spiroplasma Saglio et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Hung SHY, Chen TA, Whitcomb RF, Tully JG, Chen YX. Spiroplasma culicicola sp. nov. from the salt marsh mosquito Aedes sollicitans. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:365-370.
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Record number: 784933