Species Mycoplasma dispar

Name: Mycoplasma dispar Gourlay and Leach 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: dis’par. L. adj. dispar, dissimilar, different

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 462/2; ATCC 27140; DSM 19993; NCTC 10125

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF412979 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gourlay RN, Leach RH. A new mycoplasma species isolated from pneumonic lungs of calves (Mycoplasma dispar sp. nov.). J Med Microbiol 1970; 3:111-123.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Mesomycoplasma dispar (Gourlay and Leach 1970) Gupta et al. 2019

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mesomycoplasma dispar (Gourlay and Leach 1970) Gupta et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Mesomycoplasma dispar" (Gourlay and Leach 1970) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- Mycoplasma dispar is the correct name 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 full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t".

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Gourlay RN, Leach RH. A new mycoplasma species isolated from pneumonic lungs of calves (Mycoplasma dispar sp. nov.). J Med Microbiol 1970; 3:111-123.

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Record number: 784356

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