Name: "Asterococcus mycoides" Borrel et al. 1910

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: Gr. masc. n. mykês (gen. mykêtos), mushroom or other fungus; L. adj. suff. -oides, ressembling, similar; from Gr. neut. adj. suff. -eides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. n. eîdos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure; N.L. adj. mycoides, fungus-like

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 32753; NCTC 10114; PG1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U04647 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Borrel A, Dujardin-Beaumetz E, Jeantet P, Jouan C. Le microbe de la péripneumonie. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1910; 24:168-179.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Mycoplasma mycoides (Borrel et al. 1910) Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Mycoplasma mycoides (Borrel et al. 1910) Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 3". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 3 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Asterococcus mycoides subsp. capri" Edward 1953	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym (and no standing)

Parent taxon: [Asterococcus]

Assigned by: Borrel A, Dujardin-Beaumetz E, Jeantet P, Jouan C. Le microbe de la péripneumonie. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1910; 24:168-179.

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Record number: 4481