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Mesoplasma

Mesoplasma is a genus of bacteria belonging to the class Mollicutes. Mesoplasma is related to the genus Mycoplasma but differ in several respects.

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Mesomoplasma
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Mycoplasmatota
Class: Mollicutes
Order: Mycoplasmatales
Family: Mycoplasmataceae
Genus: Mesoplasma
Tully et al. 19931
Type species
Mesoplasma flora
(McCoy et al. 1984) Tully et al. 1993
Species
  • M. chauliocola
  • M. coleopterae
  • M. entomophilum
  • M. flora
  • M. grammopterae
  • M. melaleucae
  • M. tabanidae

Mesoplasma is a genus of bacteria belonging to the class Mollicutes. Mesoplasma is related to the genus Mycoplasma but differ in several respects.2

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)3 and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).4

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024567 120 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS2208910
Mesoplasma

M. chauliocola

M. tabanidae

M. coleopterae

M. grammopterae

M. entomophilum

M. flora

Mesoplasma

M. chauliocola Tully et al. 1994

M. melaleucae (Tully et al. 1990) Gupta, Son & Oren 2019

M. flora (McCoy et al. 1984) Tully et al. 1993

M. grammopterae Tully et al. 1994

M. tabanidae Tully et al. 1994

M. coleopterae Tully et al. 1994

M. entomophilum (Tully et al. 1988) Tully et al. 1993

See also

See also

References

References

  1. Tully, J. G.; Bove, J. M.; Laigret, F.; Whitcomb, R. F. (1993). "Notes: 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". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 43 (2): 378–385. doi:10.1099/00207713-43-2-378.
  2. Pollack, JD; Williams, MV; Banzon, J; Jones, MA; Harvey, L; Tully, JG (1996). "Comparative metabolism of Mesoplasma, Entomoplasma, Mycoplasma, and Acholeplasma". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 46 (4): 885–890. doi:10.1099/00207713-46-4-885. PMID 8863414.
  3. J.P. Euzéby. "Mesoplasma". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  4. Sayers; et al. "Mesoplasma". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  5. "The LTP". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  6. "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  7. "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  8. "GTDB release 09-RS220". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  9. "bac120_r220.sp_labels". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  10. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
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