Name: Malacoplasma penetrans (Lo et al. 1992) Gupta et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Mycoplasma penetrans Lo et al. 1992

Etymology: pe’ne.trans. L. part. adj. penetrans, entering, penetrating, referring to the ability of the organism to penetrate into mammalian cells

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 55252; DSM 22633; GTU-54-6A1

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: JN935872 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gupta RS, Sawnani S, Adeolu M, Alnajar S, Oren A. Phylogenetic framework for the phylum Tenericutes based on genome sequence data: proposal for the creation of a new order Mycoplasmoidales ord. nov., containing two new families Mycoplasmoidaceae fam. nov. and Metamycoplasmataceae fam. nov. harbouring Eperythrozoon, Ureaplasma and five novel genera. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2018; 111:1583-1630.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 184. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3379-3393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Mycoplasma penetrans Lo et al. 1992	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Malacoplasma Gupta et al. 2018

Assigned by: Gupta RS, Sawnani S, Adeolu M, Alnajar S, Oren A. Phylogenetic framework for the phylum Tenericutes based on genome sequence data: proposal for the creation of a new order Mycoplasmoidales ord. nov., containing two new families Mycoplasmoidaceae fam. nov. and Metamycoplasmataceae fam. nov. harbouring Eperythrozoon, Ureaplasma and five novel genera. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2018; 111:1583-1630.

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Record number: 798614