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        <authority>Gupta et al. 2018</authority>
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        <authority>(Maré and Switzer 1965) Gupta et al. 2018</authority>
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        <authority>(Langford and Leach 1973) Gupta et al. 2019</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesomycoplasma bovoculi" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.32870" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <authority>(Barile et al. 1972) Gupta et al. 2018</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesomycoplasma conjunctivae" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.32871" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.32872" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.4654" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.32872">Mesomycoplasma dispar</identifier>
        <authority>(Gourlay and Leach 1970) Gupta et al. 2019</authority>
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.32873" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.4667" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.32873">Mesomycoplasma flocculare</identifier>
        <authority>(Meyling and Friis 1972) Gupta et al. 2018</authority>
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.32875" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.4682" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.32875">Mesomycoplasma hyorhinis</identifier>
        <authority>(Switzer 1955) Gupta et al. 2018</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesomycoplasma hyorhinis" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.32875" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.32876" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.4689" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.32876">Mesomycoplasma lagogenitalium</identifier>
        <authority>(Kobayashi et al. 1997) Gupta et al. 2018</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesomycoplasma lagogenitalium" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.32876" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <authority>(Madden et al. 1974) Gupta et al. 2018</authority>
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.32878" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.4702" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.32878">Mesomycoplasma molaris</identifier>
        <authority>(Rosendal 1974) Gupta et al. 2018</authority>
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.32879" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.4705" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.32879">Mesomycoplasma neurolyticum</identifier>
        <authority>(Sabin 1941) Gupta et al. 2018</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesomycoplasma neurolyticum" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.32879" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.32880" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.4708" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.32880">Mesomycoplasma ovipneumoniae</identifier>
        <authority>(Carmichael et al. 1972) Gupta et al. 2018</authority>
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.33891" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.4644" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.33891">Mesomycoplasma collis</identifier>
        <authority>(Hill 1983) Gupta et al. 2018</authority>
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.33892" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.4701" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.33892">Mesomycoplasma mobile</identifier>
        <authority>(Kirchhoff et al. 1987) Gupta et al. 2018</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mycoplasma mobile" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.4701" illegitimate="false" is-current="false" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="NVP" />
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      <citation citation-type="journal">
        <authors>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Gupta</surname>
            <given-names>R.S.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Sawnani</surname>
            <given-names>S.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Adeolu</surname>
            <given-names>M.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Alnajar</surname>
            <given-names>S.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Oren</surname>
            <given-names>A.</given-names>
          </person-name>
        </authors>
        <article-title>Phylogenetic framework for the phylum Tenericutes based on genome sequence data: proposal for the creation of a new order Mycoplasmoidales ord. nov., containing two new families Mycoplasmoidaceae fam. nov. and Metamycoplasmataceae fam. nov. harbouring Eperythrozoon, Ureaplasma and five novel genera.</article-title>
        <year>2018</year>
        <volume>111</volume>
        <issue>9</issue>
        <fpage>1583</fpage>
        <lpage>1630</lpage>
        <source id="227">Antonie van Leeuwenhoek</source>
        <issn>0003-6072</issn>
        <essn>1572-9699</essn>
        <pub-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1007/s10482-018-1047-3</pub-id>
        <pub-id pub-id-type="pmid">29556819</pub-id>
      </citation>
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