Species Mycoplasma arginini

Name: Mycoplasma arginini Barile et al. 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ar.gi.ni’ni. N.L. neut. n. argininum, arginine (an amino acid); N.L. gen. neut. n. arginini, of arginine, referring to its hydrolysis

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 23838; CIP 71.23; G230; IFO 14476; NBRC 14476; NCTC 10129

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16S rRNA gene: AF125581 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Barile MF, DelGiudice RA, Carski TR, Gibbs CJ, Morris JA. Isolation and characterization of Mycoplasma arginini: spec. nov. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med 1968; 129:489-494.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Mycoplasmopsis arginini (Barile et al. 1968) Gupta et al. 2018

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycoplasmopsis arginini (Barile et al. 1968) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- Mycoplasma arginini is the correct name 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.
- 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 = 2, note = "t".

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Barile MF, DelGiudice RA, Carski TR, Gibbs CJ, Morris JA. Isolation and characterization of Mycoplasma arginini: spec. nov. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med 1968; 129:489-494.

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Record number: 784326

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