Species ***Mycoplasma* *capricolum***

Name: Mycoplasma capricolum Tully et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ca.pri.co.lum. L. masc. n. caper (gen. capri), the male goat; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, dwelling; from L. inf. v. incolere, to dwell or abide in a place, to inhabit; N.L. neut. adj. capricolum, dwelling in a male goat

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 27343; California kid; CIP 104620; NCTC 10154

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U26046 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Tully JG, Barile MF, Edward DG, Theodore TS, Erno H. Characterization of some caprine mycoplasmas, with proposals for new species, mycoplasma capricolum and mycoplasma putrefaciens. J Gen Microbiol 1974; 85:102-120.

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: correct name

Risk group: 2

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.23301 (N = 2).
- 😷 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 = 2, 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".
- 🎓 Name mentioned 347 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae Leach et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capricolum (Tully et al. 1974) Leach et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Tully JG, Barile MF, Edward DG, Theodore TS, Erno H. Characterization of some caprine mycoplasmas, with proposals for new species, mycoplasma capricolum and mycoplasma putrefaciens. J Gen Microbiol 1974; 85:102-120.

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Record number: 784338

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Species Mycoplasma capricolum

Species ***Mycoplasma* *capricolum***