Name: Mesoplasma Tully et al. 1993

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. masc. adj. mesos, medium, middle; Gr. neut. n. plasma, something formed or molded, a form, figure; N.L. neut. n. Mesoplasma, middle form, name intended to denote a middle position with respect to sterol or cholesterol requirement

Gender: neuter (stem: Mesoplasmat-)

Type species: Mesoplasma florum (McCoy et al. 1984) Tully et al. 1993

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tully JG, Bové JM, Laigret F, Whitcomb RF. Revised taxonomy of the class Mollicutes: proposed elevation of a monophyletic cluster of arthropod-associated mollicutes to ordinal rank (Entomoplasmatales ord. nov.), with provision for familial rank to separate species with nonhelical morphology (Entomoplasmataceae fam. nov.) from helical species (Spiroplasmataceae), and emended descriptions of the order Mycoplasmatales, family Mycoplasmataceae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:378-385.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 43, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:625.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 12
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 13
Total number of child taxa: 13

Parent taxon: Mycoplasmataceae Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)

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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