Entomoplasma

Entomoplasma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Mycoplasmatota
Class:	Mollicutes
Order:	Entomoplasmatales
Family:	Entomoplasmataceae
Genus:	Entomoplasma; Tully et al. 1993
Type species
	Entomoplasma ellychniae; (Tully et al. 1989) Tully et al. 1993
Species
	"E. corruscae"; E. ellychniae;

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]

^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.

[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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