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Species Mycoplasma bovirhinis

Name: Mycoplasma bovirhinis Leach 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bo.vi.rhi’nis L. masc./fem. n. bos (gen. bovis), the ox; Gr. n. rhis rhinos, nose; N.L. gen. n. bovirhinis, of the nose of the ox

Gender: neuter

Type strains: ATCC 27748; CIP 71.24; DSM 21657; IFO 14857; NBRC 14857; NCTC 10118; PG 43

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16S rRNA gene: AB680687 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Leach RH. Comparative studies of mycoplasma of bovine origin. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1967; 143:305-316.

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 bovirhinis (Leach 1967) Gupta et al. 2018

Risk group: 2

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Leach RH. Comparative studies of mycoplasma of bovine origin. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1967; 143:305-316.

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