Species Mycoplasma bovigenitalium

Name: Mycoplasma bovigenitalium Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: neuter

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

Correct name: Mycoplasmopsis bovigenitalium (Freundt 1955) Gupta et al. 2018

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycoplasmopsis bovigenitalium (Freundt 1955) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

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".
- 🎓 Name mentioned 79 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
- 🧍 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.
- 🧍 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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