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Species Mycoplasma bovigenitalium
Name: Mycoplasma bovigenitalium Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: bo.vi.ge.ni.ta’li.um. L. masc./fem. n. bos (gen. bovis), the ox, bull, cow; L. neut. pl. n. genitalia, the genitals; N.L. gen. neut. pl. n. bovigenitalium, of bovine genitalia
Type strain: ATCC 19852; DSM 21656; IFO 14862; NBRC 14862; NCTC 10122
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
M24291
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Freundt EA. The classification of the pleuropneumonia group of organisms (Borrelomycetales). International Bulletin of Bacteriological Nomenclature and Taxonomy 1955; 5:67-78. 
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 (and not recommended for medical use)
Correct name: Mycoplasmopsis bovigenitalium (Freundt 1955) Gupta et al. 2018
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Mycoplasmopsis bovigenitalium (Freundt 1955) Gupta et al. 2018 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- ❗ Mycoplasma bovigenitalium 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 Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PV". — 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 80 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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🧍 See also:
Publication:
Nicholas RA, Lin YC, Sachse K, Hotzel H, Parham K, McAuliffe L, Miles RJ, Kelly DP, Wood AP. Proposal that the strains of the Mycoplasma ovine/caprine serogroup 11 be reclassified as Mycoplasma bovigenitalium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:308-312.
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🧍 Strains of the Mycoplasma ovine/caprine serogroup 11 must be incorporated into the species Mycoplasma bovigenitalium Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Bradbury JM. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of mollicutes. Minutes of the interim meetings, 13 and 19 July 2000, Fukuoka, Japan. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2001; 51:2227-2230.
Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Freundt EA. The classification of the pleuropneumonia group of organisms (Borrelomycetales). International Bulletin of Bacteriological Nomenclature and Taxonomy 1955; 5:67-78.
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Record number: 784329
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