Species ***Mycoplasma* *cavipharyngis***

Name: Mycoplasma cavipharyngis Hill 1989

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ca.vi.pha.ryn’gis. N.L. fem. n. Cavia, the guinea pig (Cavia cobaya); Gr. masc./fem. n. pharynx, throat; from Gr. masc./fem. n. pharynx (gen. pharyngos), throat; N.L. gen. masc./fem. n. cavipharyngis, of the throat of a guinea pig

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 117C; ATCC 43016; NCTC 11700

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF125879 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hill AC. Mycoplasma cavipharyngis, a new species isolated from the nasopharynx of guinea-pigs. J Gen Microbiol 1984; 130:3183-3188.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 30. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:371.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Mycoplasmoides cavipharyngis" (Hill 1989) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hill AC. Mycoplasma cavipharyngis, a new species isolated from the nasopharynx of guinea-pigs. J Gen Microbiol 1984; 130:3183-3188.

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Record number: 784342

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Species Mycoplasma cavipharyngis

Species ***Mycoplasma* *cavipharyngis***