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Species Spiroplasma poulsonii
Name: Spiroplasma poulsonii Williamson et al. 1999
Etymology: poul.so’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. poulsonii, of Poulson, named in memory of Donald F. Poulson, Professor of Biology at Yale University, in whose laboratory this spiroplasma was discovered and studied intensively
Pronunciation, gender: poul-SO-ni-i, neuter
Type strain: ATCC 43153; CIP 106072; DW-1
16S rRNA gene:
M24483
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Williamson DL, Sakaguchi B, Hackett KJ, Whitcomb RF, Tully JG, Carle P, Bove JM, Adams JR, Konai M, Henegar RB. Spiroplasma poulsonii sp. nov., a new species associated with male-lethality in Drosophila willistoni, a neotropical species of fruit fly. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:611-618. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:937-939.
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 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 32 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:
Williamson DL, Sakaguchi B, Hackett KJ, Whitcomb RF, Tully JG, Carle P, Bove JM, Adams JR, Konai M, Henegar RB. Spiroplasma poulsonii sp. nov., a new species associated with male-lethality in Drosophila willistoni, a neotropical species of fruit fly. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:611-618.
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Record number: 784954
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