Name: Tullyiplasma multilocale (Hill et al. 1992) Gupta et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Acholeplasma multilocale Hill et al. 1992

Etymology: mul.ti.lo.ca’le. L. masc. adj. multus, many, numerous; L. adj. localis -is -e, of or belonging to a place, local; N.L. neut. adj. multilocale, referring to more than one location

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … mul-ti-lo-KA-le, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 49900; DSM 116231; NCTC 11723; PN525

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ595100 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gupta RS, Son J, Oren A. A phylogenomic and molecular markers based taxonomic framework for members of the order Entomoplasmatales: proposal for an emended order Mycoplasmatales containing the family Spiroplasmataceae and emended family Mycoplasmataceae comprised of six genera. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2019; 112:561-588. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 225. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6863.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Acholeplasma multilocale Hill et al. 1992

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Entomoplasma multilocale (Hill et al. 1992) Gasparich and Kuo 2025	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Acholeplasma multilocale Hill et al. 1992	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Tullyiplasma Gupta et al. 2025. Publication: Gupta RS, Son J, Oren A. A phylogenomic and molecular markers based taxonomic framework for members of the order Entomoplasmatales: proposal for an emended order Mycoplasmatales containing the family Spiroplasmataceae and emended family Mycoplasmataceae comprised of six genera. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2019; 112:561-588. 🇨🇦
  • ❗ Tullyiplasma multilocale is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Tullyiplasma.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-10-21.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of 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: Tullyiplasma Gupta et al. 2025

Assigned by: Gupta RS, Son J, Oren A. A phylogenomic and molecular markers based taxonomic framework for members of the order Entomoplasmatales: proposal for an emended order Mycoplasmatales containing the family Spiroplasmataceae and emended family Mycoplasmataceae comprised of six genera. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2019; 112:561-588. 🇨🇦

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Record number: 67943