Revision of haemotrophic Mycoplasma species names.
The recently proposed transfer of four rickettsias from the genera Haemobartonella and Eperythrozoon to the genus Mycoplasma with the Candidatus status is herein revised. This is because the Candidatus designation is for new, incompletely described taxa, in order to give them a provisional status. Thus, 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemofelis' is revised to Mycoplasma haemofelis comb. nov., nom. nov., 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemomuris' is revised to Mycoplasma haemomuris comb. nov., nom. nov., 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemosuis' is revised to Mycoplasma haemosuis comb. nov., nom. nov. and 'Candidatus Mycoplasma wenyonii' is revised to Mycoplasma wenyonii comb. nov.
Neimark
Harold
H
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, State University of New York, Brooklyn 11203, USA. neimah25@hscbklyn.edu
Johansson
Karl-Erik
KE
Rikihisa
Yasuko
Y
Tully
Joseph G
JG
D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000145:classification*; D009626:Terminology as Topic