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Species Spiroplasma lineolae
Name: Spiroplasma lineolae French et al. 1997
Etymology: li.ne.o.lae. N.L. fem. n. Lineola, a species of tabanid fly; N.L. gen. masc. n. lineolae, of/from Tabanus lineola, from which the organism was isolated
Type strain: ATCC 51749; DSM 21834; TALS-2
See detailed strain information at
16S rRNA gene:
DQ860100
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FASTA
Valid publication:
French FE, Whitcomb RF, Tully JG, Carle P, Bove JM, Henegar RB, Adams JR, Gasparich GE, Williamson DL. Spiroplasma lineolae sp. nov., from the horsefly Tabanus lineola (Diptera: Tabanidae). Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1078-1081. 
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IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:329-330.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- 😷 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 = 1, note = "PI?". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 2 times 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.
Parent taxon: Spiroplasma Saglio et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
French FE, Whitcomb RF, Tully JG, Carle P, Bove JM, Henegar RB, Adams JR, Gasparich GE, Williamson DL. Spiroplasma lineolae sp. nov., from the horsefly Tabanus lineola (Diptera: Tabanidae). Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1078-1081. 🇺🇸
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Record number: 784945
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