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 (and not recommended for medical use)

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. — 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

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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Species Mycoplasma fastidiosum