Species Mycoplasma ciconiae

Name: Mycoplasma ciconiae Möller Palau-Ribes et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ci.co’ni.ae. L. gen. fem. n. ciconiae, of a (white) stork

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-2401; DSM 25251; ST 57

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ155815 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Moller Palau-Ribes F, Enderlein D, Hagen N, Herbst W, Hafez HM, Lierz M. Description and prevalence of Mycoplasma ciconiae sp. nov. isolated from white stork nestlings (Ciconia ciconia). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3477-3484. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4921-4923.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Mycoplasmopsis ciconiae (Möller Palau-Ribes et al. 2016) Gupta et al. 2018

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycoplasmopsis ciconiae (Möller Palau-Ribes et al. 2016) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Mycoplasma ciconiae is the correct name instead 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 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of 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: Moller Palau-Ribes F, Enderlein D, Hagen N, Herbst W, Hafez HM, Lierz M. Description and prevalence of Mycoplasma ciconiae sp. nov. isolated from white stork nestlings (Ciconia ciconia). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3477-3484. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 794582

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Species Mycoplasma ciconiae