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Mycoplasma

Taxonomy ID: 2093 (for references in articles please use NCBI:txid2093)
current name
Mycoplasma Nowak 1929
NCBI BLAST name: mycoplasmas
Rank: genus
Genetic code: Translation table 4 (Mold Mitochondrial; Protozoan Mitochondrial; Coelenterate Mitochondrial; Mycoplasma; Spiroplasma)
Other names:
heterotypic synonym
"Asterococcus" Borrel et al. 1910, effective name 1)
heterotypic synonym
"Asteromyces" Wroblewski 1931, effective name 2)
heterotypic synonym
"Borrelomyces" Turner 1935, effective name 3)
heterotypic synonym
"Bovimyces" Sabin 1941, effective name 4)
heterotypic synonym
"Pleuropneumonia" Tulasne and Brisou 1955, effective name 5)
heterotypic synonym
Eperythrozoon Schilling 1928 (Approved Lists 1980), nom. approb. 6)
heterotypic synonym
Haemobartonella Tyzzer and Weinman 1939 (Approved Lists 1980), nom. approb. 7)
Lineage( full )
cellular organisms; Bacteria; Terrabacteria group; Mycoplasmatota; Mollicutes; Mycoplasmatales; Mycoplasmataceae
   Entrez records   
Database name Subtree links Direct links
Nucleotide 17,685 45
Protein 234,976 122
Structure 17 1
Genome 46 1
Popset 248 122
Conserved Domains 56 56
GEO Datasets 1 -
PubMed Central 48,717 48,694
Gene 21,880 -
SRA Experiments 567 -
Protein Clusters 6,176 426
Identical Protein Groups 115,713 121
BioProject 274 6
BioSample 1,093 3
Assembly 405 -
PubChem BioAssay 9 1
Taxonomy 386 1

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Comments and References:

Mycoplasma (LPSN link)
Eperythrozoon (LPSN link)
Haemobartonella (LPSN link)
Borrel A et al. (1910)
Borrel, A., Dujardin-Beaumetz, E., Jeantet, and Jouan, C. "Le microbe de la peripneumonie." Ann. Inst. Pasteur (Paris) (1910) 24:168-179. [No PubMed record available.]
Falah M & Gupta RS (1997)
Falah, M., and Gupta, R.S. "Phylogenetic analysis of mycoplasmas based on Hsp70 sequences: cloning of the dnaK (hsp70) gene region of Mycoplasma capricolum." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1997) 47:38-45.
JUDICIAL OPINION 92 (2014)
Tindall, B.J. "The Request for an Opinion that the current use of the genus name Mycoplasma be maintained and Mycoplasma coccoides be considered a legitimate name is denied. Opinion 92. Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2014) 64:3586-3587.
Neimark H et al. (2001)
Neimark, H., Johansson, K.E., Rikihisa, Y., and Tully, J.G. "Proposal to transfer some members of the genera Haemobartonella and Eperythrozoon to the genus Mycoplasma with descriptions of 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemofelis', 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemomuris', 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemosuis' and 'Candidatus Mycoplasma wenyonii'." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2001) 51:891-899.
Neimark H et al. (2002)
Neimark, H., Johansson, K.E., Rikihisa, Y., and Tully, J.G. "Revision of haemotrophic Mycoplasma species names." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2002) 52:683.
Nowak J (1929)
Nowak, J. "Morphologie, nature et cycle evolutif du microbe de la peripneumonie des bovides." Ann. Inst. Pasteur (Paris) (1929) 43:1330-1352. [No PubMed record available.]
Pettersson B et al. (1996)
Pettersson, B., Uhlen, M., and Johansson, K.E. "Phylogeny of some mycoplasmas from ruminants based on 16S rRNA sequences and definition of a new cluster within the hominis group." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1996) 46:1093-1098.
Pettersson B et al. (2000)
Pettersson, B., Tully, J.G., Bolske, G., and Johansson, K.E. "Updated phylogenetic description of the Mycoplasma hominis cluster (Weisburg et al. 1989) based on 16S rDNA sequences." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2000) 50:291-301.
Pettersson B et al. (2001)
Pettersson, B., Tully, J.G., Bolske, G., and Johansson, K.E. "Re-evaluation of the classical Mycoplasma lipophilum cluster (Weisburg et al. 1989) and description of two new clusters in the hominis group based on 16S rDNA sequences." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2001) 51:633-643.
Sabin AB (1941), other link:http://0-www-ncbi-nlm-nih-gov.brum.beds.ac.uk/pmc/articles/PMC441026/
Sabin, A.B. "The filtrable microorganisms of the pleuropneumonia group (appendix on classification and nomenclature)." Bacteriol. Rev. (1941) 5:331-335. [No PubMed abstract available.]
Schilling V (1928)
Schilling, V. "Eperythrozoon coccoides, eine neue durch splenektomie aktivierbare dauerinfektion der weissen maus." Klinische Wochenschrift (1928) 7:1853-1855. [No PubMed record available.]
Skerman VBD et al. (1980)
Skerman, V.B.D., McGowan, V., and Sneath, P.H.A. (editors). "Approved lists of bacterial names." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1980) 30:225-420. [No PubMed record available.]
Skerman VBD et al. (1980) (Eperythrozoon)
Skerman, V.B.D., McGowan, V., and Sneath, P.H.A. (editors). "Approved lists of bacterial names." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1980) 30:225-420.
Skerman VBD et al. (1980) (Haemobartonella)
Skerman, V.B.D., McGowan, V., and Sneath, P.H.A. (editors). "Approved lists of bacterial names." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1980) 30:225-420.
Tulasne R & Brisou J (1955)
Tulasne, R., and Brisou, J. "Les pleuropneumoniales. Taxonomie des pleuropneumonia-like organisms et des formes L." Ann. Inst. Pasteur (Paris) (1955) 88(2):237-239. [No abstract available.]
Turner AW (1935)
Turner, A.W. "A study of the morphology and life cycles of the organism of Pleuromonie contagiosa boum (Borrelomyces peripneumoniae nov. gen.) by observation in the living state under dark-ground illumination." J. Pathol. Bacteriol. (1935) 41:1-32. [No PubMed record available.]
Tyzzer EE & Weinman D (1939)
Tyzzer, E.E., and Weinman, D. "Haemobartonella n.g. (Bartonella olim pro parte), H. microti n. sp. of the field vole, Microtus pennsylvanicus." Am. J. Hyg. (1939) 30:141-157. [No PubMed record available.]
Uilenberg G et al. (2004)
Uilenberg, G., Thiaucourt, F., and Jongejan, F. "On molecular taxonomy: what is in a name?" Exp. Appl. Acarol. (2004) 32:301-312.
Uilenberg G et al. (2006)
Uilenberg, G., Thiaucourt, F., and Jongejan, F. "Mycoplasma and Eperythrozoon (Mycoplasmataceae). Comments on a recent paper." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2006) 56:13-14. [No abstract available.]
Wroblewski W (1931)
Wroblewski, W. "Morphologie et cycle evolutif des microbes de la peripneumonie des bovides et de l'agalaxie contagieuse des chevres et des moutons." Ann.Inst. Pasteur (Paris) (1931) 47:94-115. [No PubMed record available.]

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