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Species Mycoplasma alligatoris
Name: Mycoplasma alligatoris Brown et al. 2001
Etymology: all.ig.a.tor’is. L. gen. masc. n. alligatoris, from an alligator
Type strain: A21JP2; ATCC 700619; CCUG 53179
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AF412969
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Brown DR, Farley JM, Zacher LA, Carlton JM, Clippinger TL, Tully JG, Brown MB. Mycoplasma alligatoris sp. nov., from American alligators. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:419-424. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:795-796.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)
Correct name: Mycoplasmopsis alligatoris (Brown et al. 2001) Gupta et al. 2018
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Mycoplasmopsis alligatoris (Brown et al. 2001) Gupta et al. 2018 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- ❗ Mycoplasma alligatoris is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Mycoplasma.
- 😷 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". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 14 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
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🧍 According to Rules 27(3) and 30, this name is not validly published, because the original publication makes reference to the deposit of the type strain in a single recognized culture collection. However, according to the Judicial Opinion 81, Mycoplasma alligatoris Brown et al. 2001 is considered to be validly published, since deposit in a second culture collection in a different country has been documented.
Publication:
Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Status of strains that contravene Rules 27(3) and 30 of the Bacteriological Code. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:293-301.
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🧍 However, according to the Judicial Opinion 81, Mycoplasma alligatoris Brown et al. 2001 is considered to be validly published, since deposit in a second culture collection in a different country has been documented.
Publication:
Judicial Commission. Judicial Opinion No. 81. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1755-1763.
- 🧍 Mycoplasma alligatoris Brown et al. 2001 was previously known as "Mycoplasma lacerti" (the 16S rRNA gene nucleotide sequence of the type strain was released to GenBank under the provisional name "Mycoplasma lacerti"). Publication: Nowak J. Morphologie, nature et cycle évolutif du microbe de la péripneumonie des bovidés. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1929; 43:1330-1352.
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🧍 The specific epithet is a Neo Latin noun in the genitive case (alligator -oris) not a Latin noun in the genitive case as cited in the paper by Brown et al. 2001.
Publication:
Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.
Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Brown DR, Farley JM, Zacher LA, Carlton JM, Clippinger TL, Tully JG, Brown MB. Mycoplasma alligatoris sp. nov., from American alligators. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:419-424.
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Record number: 784321
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