Species Mycoplasma enhydrae

Name: Mycoplasma enhydrae Volokhov et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: en.hy’drae. N.L. gen. fem. n. enhydrae, of the southern sea otter Enhydra lutris nereis

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: my-ko-PLAS-ma en-HY-dra͡e, neuter

Type strain: 6243-11; ATCC TSD-140; DSM 106704; NCTC 14307

16S rRNA gene: MF351868 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Volokhov DV, Batac F, Gao Y, Miller M, Chizhikov VE. Mycoplasma enhydrae sp. nov. isolated from southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:363-370. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1251-1252.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Volokhov DV, Batac F, Gao Y, Miller M, Chizhikov VE. Mycoplasma enhydrae sp. nov. isolated from southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:363-370. 🇺🇸

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