Entomoplasma is a mollicute bacteria genus. Entomoplasma freundtii (now a member of the genus Williamsoniiplasma) can be isolated from the green tiger beetle (Cicindela campestris, Coleoptera: Cicindelidae).[3]

Entomoplasma
Scientific classification
Domain:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Family:
Entomoplasmataceae
Genus:
Entomoplasma

Tully et al. 1993[1][2]
Type species
Entomoplasma ellychniae
(Tully et al. 1989) Tully et al. 1993
Species
  • "E. corruscae"
  • E. ellychniae

Phylogeny

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The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)[4] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)[5]

16S rRNA based LTP_08_2023[6][7][8] 120 marker proteins based GTDB 08-RS214[9][10][11]
Mycoplasmatales

Spiroplasma {Spiroplasmataceae}

Spiroplasma species-group 2

"Edwardiiplasma"

Mycoplasmataceae
Entomoplasmataceae

Mesoplasma

Entomoplasma

"E. corruscae" (Tully et al. 1994) Gasparich & Kuo 2019

E. ellychniae (Tully et al. 1989) Tully et al. 1993

Mycoplasmataceae

Spiroplasma

Spiroplasma species-group 2

"Edwardiiplasma"

Williamsoniiplasma

"Tullyiplasma"

Mycoplasma

Entomoplasma ellychniae (incl. "E. corruscae")

Mesoplasma

Note:
♦ Paraphyletic Entomoplasma

See also

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References

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  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.
  4. ^ A.C. Parte; et al. "Entomoplasma". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  5. ^ Sayers; et al. "Entomoplasma". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  6. ^ "The LTP". Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  7. ^ "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  8. ^ "LTP_08_2023 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  9. ^ "GTDB release 08-RS214". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  10. ^ "bac120_r214.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  11. ^ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
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