Species ***Mycoplasma* *crocodyli***

Name: Mycoplasma crocodyli Kirchhoff et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cro.co.dy’li. N.L. masc. n. Crocodylus, generic name of the crocodile; from L. masc. n. crocodilus, crocodile; N.L. gen. masc. n. crocodyli, of Crocodylus, of a crocodile

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 51981; MP145

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF412977 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kirchhoff H, Mohan K, Schmidt R, Runge M, Brown DR, Brown MB, Foggin CM, Muvavarirwa P, Lehmann H, Flossdorf J. Mycoplasma crocodyli sp. nov., a new species from crocodiles. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:742-746.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1275-1276.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Mycoplasmopsis crocodyli" (Kirchhoff et al. 1997) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.01148 (N = 2).
- 😷 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 8 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: Kirchhoff H, Mohan K, Schmidt R, Runge M, Brown DR, Brown MB, Foggin CM, Muvavarirwa P, Lehmann H, Flossdorf J. Mycoplasma crocodyli sp. nov., a new species from crocodiles. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:742-746.

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Record number: 784354

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Species Mycoplasma crocodyli

Species ***Mycoplasma* *crocodyli***