Name: Metamycoplasma equirhinis (Allam and Lemcke 1975) Gupta et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Mycoplasma equirhinis Allam and Lemcke 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: e.qui.rhi’nis. L. masc. n. equus (gen. equi), a horse; Gr. fem. n. rhis (gen. rhinos), nose; N.L. gen. fem. n. equirhinis, aof the nose of a horse

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 29420; M432/72; NCTC 10148

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF125585 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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Mycoplasma equirhinis Allam and Lemcke 1975 (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: Metamycoplasma 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: 798578