Name: Spiroplasma leucomae Oduori et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: leu.co.mae. N.L. gen. fem. n. leucomae, of Leucoma, systematic genus name of the white satin moth (Lepidoptera, Lymantriidae), the source of the type strain

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-521; NBRC 100392; SMA

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AB681166 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Oduori MA, Lipa JJ, Gasparich GE. Spiroplasma leucomae sp. nov., isolated in Poland from white satin moth (Leucoma salicis L.) larvae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2447-2450.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:319-321.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "n". — 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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 other species in the genus.
  • 🧍 According to R.F. Whitcomb [1], the description of Spiroplasma leucomae Oduori et al. 2005, is not in accordance with the minimal standards for descriptions of new species of the class Mollicutes [2, 3, 4]. Publication: Whitcomb RF. Evolution and devolution of minimal standards for descriptions of species of the class Mollicutes: analysis of two Spiroplasma descriptions. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:201-206.
  • 🧍 See also: Publication: Freundt EA, Whitcomb RF, Barile MF, BOVé JM, Cottew GS, ERNö H, Lemcke R, Maniloff J, Neimark H, Razin S, et al. INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON SYSTEMATIC BACTERIOLOGY, SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE TAXONOMY OF MOLLICUTES. Proposal of minimal standards for descriptions of new species of the class Mollicutes. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1979; 29:172-180.
  • 🧍 See also: Publication: Whitcomb RF, Tully JG, BOVé JM, Bradbury JM, Christiansen G, Kahane I, Kirkpatrick BC, Laigret F, Leach RH, Neimark HC, et al. INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON SYSTEMATIC BACTERIOLOGY, SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE TAXONOMY OF MOLLICUTES. Revised minimum standards for description of new species of the class Mollicutes (Division Tenericutes). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1995; 45:605-612.
  • 🧍 See also: Publication: Edward DG, Freundt EA, Chanock RM, Fabricant J, Hayflick L, Lemcke RM, Razin S, Somerson NL, Tully JG, Wittler RG. INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON SYSTEMATIC BACTERIOLOGY, SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE TAXONOMY OF MYCOPLASMATALES. Proposal for minimal standards for descriptions of new species of the order Mycoplasmatales. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1972; 22:184-188.

Parent taxon: Spiroplasma Saglio et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Oduori MA, Lipa JJ, Gasparich GE. Spiroplasma leucomae sp. nov., isolated in Poland from white satin moth (Leucoma salicis L.) larvae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2447-2450.

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