Entomoplasma

Entomoplasma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Tenericutes
Class: Mollicutes
Order: Entomoplasmatales
Family: Entomoplasmataceae
Genus: Entomoplasma
Tully et al. 1993[1]
Species
  • Entomoplasma ellychniae[2] (Tully et al. 1989) Tully et al. 1993
  • Entomoplasma freundtii Tully et al. 1998
  • Entomoplasma lucivorax (Williamson et al. 1990) Tully et al. 1993
  • Entomoplasma luminosum (Williamson et al. 1990) Tully et al. 1993
  • Entomoplasma melaleucae (Tully et al. 1990) Tully et al. 1993
  • Entomoplasma somnilux (Williamson et al. 1990) Tully et al. 1993

Entomoplasma is a mollicute bacteria genus.

Entomoplasma freundtii can be isolated from the green tiger beetle (Cicindela campestris, Coleoptera: Cicindelidae).[3]

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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. ↑ Tully, JG; Whitcomb, RF; Hackett, KJ; Williamson, DL; Laigret, F; Carle, P; Bove, JM; Henegar, RB; Ellis, NM; Dodge, DE; Adams, J (1998). "Entomoplasma freundtii sp. nov., a new species from a green tiger beetle (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)". International journal of systematic bacteriology 48 (4): 1197–1204. doi:10.1099/00207713-48-4-1197. PMID 9828421.

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