Species ***Mycoplasma* *corogypsi***

Name: Mycoplasma corogypsi Panangala et al. 1993

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: co.ro.gyp’si. Gr. masc. n. Korax, a raven, crow; Gr. masc. n. gyps (gen. gypos), a vulture; N.L. gen. masc. n. corogypsi, of a raven vulture (sic) [probably better: coracogypis]

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 51148; BV1

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: L08054 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Panangala VS, Stringfellow JS, Dybvig K, Woodard A, Sun F, Rose DL, Gresham MM. Mycoplasma corogypsi sp. nov., a new species from the footpad abscess of a black vulture, Coragyps atratus. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:585-590.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 43, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:866.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Mycoplasmopsis corogypsi" (Panangala et al. 1993) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- 😷 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 Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t". — 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 4 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 species itself.

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Panangala VS, Stringfellow JS, Dybvig K, Woodard A, Sun F, Rose DL, Gresham MM. Mycoplasma corogypsi sp. nov., a new species from the footpad abscess of a black vulture, Coragyps atratus. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:585-590.

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Species Mycoplasma corogypsi

Species ***Mycoplasma* *corogypsi***