Name: Mesoplasma Tully et al. 1993
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
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
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
Name | Kind |
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"Edwardiiplasma" Gupta et al. 2019 | heterotypic synonym, not validly published |
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
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Mesoplasma chauliocola Tully et al. 1994 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Mesoplasma coleopterae Tully et al. 1994 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Mesoplasma corruscae Tully et al. 1994 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Mesoplasma entomophilum (Tully et al. 1988) Tully et al. 1993 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Mesoplasma florum (McCoy et al. 1984) Tully et al. 1993 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Mesoplasma grammopterae Tully et al. 1994 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Mesoplasma lactucae (Rose et al. 1990) Tully et al. 1993 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Mesoplasma melaleucae (Tully et al. 1990) Gupta et al. 2019 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Mesoplasma photuris Tully et al. 1994 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Mesoplasma pleciae Tully et al. 1994 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Mesoplasma seiffertii (Bonnet et al. 1991) Tully et al. 1993 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Mesoplasma syrphidae Tully et al. 1994 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Mesoplasma tabanidae Tully et al. 1994 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
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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Record number: 517276