Species ***Mycoplasma* *amphoriforme***

Name: Mycoplasma amphoriforme Pitcher et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: am.pho.ri.for’me. L. fem. n. amphora, amphora; L. adj. suff. -formis -e, -like, in the shape of; from L. fem. n. forma, figure, shape, appearance; N.L. neut. adj. amphoriforme, amphora-shaped, having the form of an amphora

Gender: neuter

Type strain: A39; ATCC BAA-992; NCTC 11740

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HM235423 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Pitcher DG, Windsor D, Windsor H, Bradbury JM, Yavari C, Jensen JS, Ling C, Webster D. Mycoplasma amphoriforme sp. nov., isolated from a patient with chronic bronchopneumonia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2589-2594.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:319-321.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Mycoplasmoides amphoriforme" (Pitcher et al. 2005) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: NCTC 10156.
- According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
- The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Pitcher DG, Windsor D, Windsor H, Bradbury JM, Yavari C, Jensen JS, Ling C, Webster D. Mycoplasma amphoriforme sp. nov., isolated from a patient with chronic bronchopneumonia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2589-2594.

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Species Mycoplasma amphoriforme

Species ***Mycoplasma* *amphoriforme***