Species ***Mycoplasma* *cottewii***

Name: Mycoplasma cottewii Da Massa et al. 1994

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cot.tew’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. cottewii, of Cottew, named for G.S. Cottew, an Australian veterinarian who was a co-isolator of the organism

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 51347; CIP 105678; DSM 22020; NCTC 11732; VIS

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JN935874 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: DaMassa AJ, Tully JG, Rose DL, Pitcher D, Leach RH, Cottew GS. Mycoplasma auris sp. nov., Mycoplasma cottewii sp. nov., and Mycoplasma yeatsii sp. nov., new sterol-requiring mollicutes from the external ear canals of goats. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:479-484.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:853.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

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, note = "PV?". — 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 6 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: DaMassa AJ, Tully JG, Rose DL, Pitcher D, Leach RH, Cottew GS. Mycoplasma auris sp. nov., Mycoplasma cottewii sp. nov., and Mycoplasma yeatsii sp. nov., new sterol-requiring mollicutes from the external ear canals of goats. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:479-484.

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Species Mycoplasma cottewii

Species ***Mycoplasma* *cottewii***