Species Mycoplasma faucium

Name: Mycoplasma faucium Freundt et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fau.ci.um. fau’ci.um. L. gen. fem. pl. n. faucium, the throat; L. gen. fem. pl. n. faucium, of the throat

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 25293; DC333(T); NCTC 10174

16S rRNA gene: AF125590 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Freundt EA, Taylor-Robinson D, Purcell RH, Chanock RM, Black FT. Proposal of Mycoplasma buccale nom. nov. and Mycoplasma faucium nom. nov. for Mycoplasma orale "types" 2 and 3, respectively. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1974; 24:252-255.

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 faucium (Freundt et al. 1974) Gupta et al. 2018

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Metamycoplasma faucium (Freundt et al. 1974) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- Mycoplasma faucium 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.

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Freundt EA, Taylor-Robinson D, Purcell RH, Chanock RM, Black FT. Proposal of Mycoplasma buccale nom. nov. and Mycoplasma faucium nom. nov. for Mycoplasma orale "types" 2 and 3, respectively. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1974; 24:252-255.

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Record number: 784364

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