Name: Metamycoplasma phocicerebrale (Giebel et al. 1991) Gupta et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Mycoplasma phocicerebrale corrig. Giebel et al. 1991

Etymology: pho.ci.ce.re.bra’le. L. fem. n. phoca, seal; L. neut. n. cerebrum, brain; L. neut. adj. suff. -ale, suffix denoting pertaining to; N.L. neut. adj. cerebrale, of or pertaining to the brain; N.L. neut. adj. phocicerebrale, pertaining to athe brain of a seal

Pronunciation, gender: p^ho-ki-ke-re-BRA-le, neuter

Type strain: 1049; ATCC 49640; NCTC 11721

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JN935885 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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Mycoplasma phocicerebrale corrig. Giebel et al. 1991	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Mycoplasma phocacerebrale Giebel et al. 1991	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 😷 The taxon name shown here has no risk group assigned, but is the homotypic synonym of Mycoplasma phocicerebrale corrig. Giebel et al. 1991, 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.
  • 😷 The taxon name shown here has no risk group assigned, but is the homotypic synonym of Mycoplasma phocacerebrale Giebel et al. 1991, 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 phocacerebrale Giebel et al. 1991, 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 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🫡 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Mycoplasma phocicerebrale corrig. Giebel et al. 1991. Publication: Giebel J, Meier J, Binder A, Flossdorf J, Poveda JB, Schmidt R, Kirchhoff H. Mycoplasma phocarhinis sp. nov. and Mycoplasma phocacerebrale sp. nov., two new species from harbor seals (Phoca vitulina L.). Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:39-44. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 41, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:457-458.

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: 798615