Species Mycoplasma capricolum
Name: Mycoplasma capricolum Tully et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: L. n. caper -pri, the male goat; N.L. suff. -colus -a -um, dwelling; from L. v. incolere, to dwell or abide in a place, to inhabit; N.L. neut. adj. capricolum, dwelling in a male goat
Type strains: ATCC 27343; California kid; CIP 104620; NCTC 10154
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16S rRNA gene:
U26045
Analyse
FASTA 
Original 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
Taxonomic status: correct name
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae Leach et al. 1993 validly published correct name Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capricolum (Tully et al. 1974) Leach et al. 1993 validly published correct name
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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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