Species Mycoplasma bovoculi

Name: Mycoplasma bovoculi Langford and Leach 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bov.o’cu.li. L. masc./fem. n. bos (gen. bovis), ox, bull, cow; L. masc. n. oculus (gen. oculi), the eye; N.L. gen. masc. n. bovoculi, of the bovine eye

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 29104; DSM 21484; M165/69; NCTC 10141

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U44768 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Langford EV, Leach RH. Characterization of a mycoplasma isolated from infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis: M. bovoculi sp. nov. Can J Microbiol 1973; 19:1435-1444.

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: Mesomycoplasma bovoculi (Langford and Leach 1973) Gupta et al. 2019

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Mesomycoplasma bovoculi" (Langford and Leach 1973) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published
Mesomycoplasma bovoculi (Langford and Leach 1973) Gupta et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

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

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Langford EV, Leach RH. Characterization of a mycoplasma isolated from infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis: M. bovoculi sp. nov. Can J Microbiol 1973; 19:1435-1444.

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Record number: 784332

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