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. pl. n. genitalia, the genitals; N.L. gen. pl. n. bovigenitalium, of bovine genitalia

Gender: neuter

Type strains: ATCC 19852; DSM 21656; IFO 14862; NBRC 14862; NCTC 10122; PG 11

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB680692 Analyse FASTA

Original 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

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

Notes:
- 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.
- The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t".

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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