Name: Mesomycoplasma hyopneumoniae (Maré and Switzer 1965) Gupta et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae Maré and Switzer 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: hy.o.pneu.mo’ni.ae. Gr. masc./fem. n. hŷs (gen. hyos), a swine; N.L. fem. n. pneumonia, disease of the lungs, pneumonia; N.L. gen. fem. n. hyopneumoniae, of swine pneumonia

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 25934; J; NCTC 10110

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GU227406 Analyse FASTA

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae Maré and Switzer 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Mesomycoplasma Gupta et al. 2018. 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.
  • 😷 The taxon name shown here has no risk group assigned, but is the homotypic synonym of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae Maré and Switzer 1965 (Approved Lists 1980), which has a risk group (Swiss Confederation) above 1. This may require that the name shown here is not treated as the correct name for practical purposes. — The taxon name shown here has no risk group assigned, but is the homotypic synonym of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae Maré and Switzer 1965 (Approved Lists 1980), which has a risk group (Germany) above 1. This may require that the name shown here is not treated as the correct name for practical purposes.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time 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: 798593