Species Mycoplasma fastidiosum

Name: Mycoplasma fastidiosum Lemcke and Poland 1980

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fas.ti.di.o’sum. L. neut. adj. fastidiosum, fastidious, referring to the nutritionally fastidious nature of the organism on primary isolation

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 4822; ATCC 33229; DSM 21204; NCTC 10180

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16S rRNA gene: AF125878 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lemcke RM, Poland J. Mycoplasma fastidiosum: a new species from horses. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1980; 30:151-162.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Mycoplasmoides fastidiosum (Lemcke and Poland 1980) Gupta et al. 2018

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycoplasmoides fastidiosum (Lemcke and Poland 1980) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Mycoplasma fastidiosum is the correct name instead 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 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. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Lemcke RM, Poland J. Mycoplasma fastidiosum: a new species from horses. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1980; 30:151-162.

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Record number: 784363

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