Species Mycoplasma equirhinis

Name: Mycoplasma equirhinis Allam and Lemcke 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: e.qui.rhi’nis. L. masc. n. equus (gen. equi), a horse; Gr. fem. n. rhis (gen. rhinos), nose; N.L. gen. fem. n. equirhinis, of the nose of a horse

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 29420; M432/72; NCTC 10148

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF125585 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Allam NM, Lemcke RM. Mycoplasmas isolated from the respiratory tract of horses. J Hyg (Lond) 1975; 74:385-408.

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: Metamycoplasma equirhinis (Allam and Lemcke 1975) Gupta et al. 2018

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Metamycoplasma equirhinis (Allam and Lemcke 1975) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- Mycoplasma equirhinis 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: Allam NM, Lemcke RM. Mycoplasmas isolated from the respiratory tract of horses. J Hyg (Lond) 1975; 74:385-408.

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Record number: 784361

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