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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.4763" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.4820" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.4763">Mesoplasma florum</identifier>
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              <authority>corrig. Murray 2021</authority>
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              <authority>corrig. Murray 2021</authority>
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                <authority>Edward and Freundt 1967 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Gupta et al. 2019</authority>
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                  <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mycoplasmatales" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.4613" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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                    <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.4614" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.4615" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.4616" rank="family" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.4614">Mycoplasmataceae</identifier>
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                      <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.4762" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.4763" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.4820" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.4762">Mesoplasma</identifier>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.4614" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.4615" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.4616" rank="family" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.4614">Mycoplasmataceae</identifier>
          <authority>Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Gupta et al. 2019</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mycoplasmataceae" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.4614" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <name-status-group>
          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.4741" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.4742" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.4742" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.4741">Haemobartonella</identifier>
          <authority>Tyzzer and Weinman 1939 emend. Kreier and Ristic 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mycoplasma" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.4615" illegitimate="false" is-current="false" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.4745" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.4746" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.4746" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.4745">Ureaplasma</identifier>
          <authority>Shepard et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Ureaplasma" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.4745" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.4735" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.4736" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.4736" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.4735">Eperythrozoon</identifier>
          <authority>Schilling 1928 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Gupta et al. 2018</authority>
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    <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.4615" rank="genus">
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        <name-status-group>
          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.4615" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.10888" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.4616" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.4615">Mycoplasma</identifier>
          <authority>Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Gupta et al. 2018</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.29821" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.29822" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.29822" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.29821">Moeniiplasma</identifier>
          <authority>Naito et al. 2017</authority>
          <status candidatus="true" conserved="false" current-name="Moeniiplasma" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.29821" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="NVP" />
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        <name-status-group>
          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.27377" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.27378" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.4616" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.27377">Asterococcus</identifier>
          <authority>Borrel et al. 1910</authority>
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        <name-status-group>
          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.34356" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.34357" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.4688" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.34356">Edwardiiplasma</identifier>
          <authority>Gupta et al. 2019</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Edwardiiplasma" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.34356" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="NVP" />
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.4755" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.4756" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.4657" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.4755">Entomoplasma</identifier>
          <authority>Tully et al. 1993 emend. Gupta et al. 2019</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Entomoplasma" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.4755" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.34358" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.34362" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.4825" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.34358">Tullyiplasma</identifier>
          <authority>Gupta et al. 2019</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.34365" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.34366" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.4694" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.34365">Williamsoniiplasma</identifier>
          <authority>Gupta et al. 2019</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.38256" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.38276" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.38276" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.38256">Vermiplasma</identifier>
          <authority>Murakami et al. 2015</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.41468" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.41470" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.41470" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.41468">Marinoplasma</identifier>
          <authority>(sic) Mortzfeld et al. 2016</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.41469" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.41470" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.41470" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.41468">Mariniplasma</identifier>
          <authority>corrig. Mortzfeld et al. 2016 non Mariniplasma Watanabe et al. 2021</authority>
          <status candidatus="true" conserved="false" current-name="Mariniplasma" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.41469" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="NVP" />
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.4774" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.4774" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.4774">Mesoplasma tabanidae</identifier>
          <authority>Tully et al. 1994</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesoplasma tabanidae" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.4774" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <name-status-group>
          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.4764" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.4764" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.4764">Mesoplasma chauliocola</identifier>
          <authority>Tully et al. 1994</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesoplasma chauliocola" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.4764" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <name-status-group>
          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.4769" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.4688" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.4769">Mesoplasma lactucae</identifier>
          <authority>(Rose et al. 1990) Tully et al. 1993</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesoplasma lactucae" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.4769" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.4768" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.4768" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.4768">Mesoplasma grammopterae</identifier>
          <authority>Tully et al. 1994</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.4772" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.4829" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.4772">Mesoplasma seiffertii</identifier>
          <authority>(Bonnet et al. 1991) Tully et al. 1993</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesoplasma seiffertii" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.4772" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.4766" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.4766" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.4766">Mesoplasma corruscae</identifier>
          <authority>Tully et al. 1994</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesoplasma corruscae" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.4766" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <name-status-group>
          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.4771" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.4771" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.4771">Mesoplasma pleciae</identifier>
          <authority>Tully et al. 1994</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Acholeplasma pleciae" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.8434" illegitimate="false" is-current="false" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <name-status-group>
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