Name: Mesomycoplasma conjunctivae (Barile et al. 1972) Gupta et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Mycoplasma conjunctivae Barile et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: con.junc.ti’vae. L. fem. adj. conjunctiva, the membrane joining the eyeball to the lids; from L. adj. conjunctivus -a -um, serving to connect, connective; N.L. gen. fem. n. conjunctivae, of conjunctiva

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 25834; HRC 581; NCTC 10147

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

Effective 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.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 184. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3379-3393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Mycoplasma conjunctivae Barile et al. 1972 (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: 2".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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: 798573