Name: "Mesomycoplasma bovoculi" (Langford and Leach 1973) Gupta et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Mycoplasma bovoculi Langford and Leach 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: bov.o’cu.li. L. masc./fem. n. bos (gen. bovis), ox, bull, cow; L. masc. n. oculus (gen. oculi), the eye; N.L. gen. masc. n. bovoculi, of the bovine eye

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 29104; DSM 21484; M165/69; NCTC 10141

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U44768 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Gupta RS, Sawnani S, Adeolu M, Alnajar S, Oren A. 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. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2018; 111:1583-1630.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Mesomycoplasma bovoculi (Langford and Leach 1973) Gupta et al. 2019

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Mesomycoplasma bovoculi (Langford and Leach 1973) Gupta et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Mycoplasma bovoculi Langford and Leach 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Parent taxon: Mesomycoplasma Gupta et al. 2018

Assigned by: Gupta RS, Sawnani S, Adeolu M, Alnajar S, Oren A. 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. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2018; 111:1583-1630.

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Record number: 15740