Name:Mycoplasmafeliminutum Heyward et al. 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)
Category: Species
Proposed as: sp. nov.
Etymology:
fe.li.mi.nu.tum. L. fem. n.feles (gen. felis), a cat; L. neut. perf. part.minutum, little, small; N.L. neut. part. adj.feliminutum, a small colony organism isolated from cats
Effective publication:
Heyward JT, Sabry MZ, Dowdle WR. Characterization of mycoplasma species of feline origin. Am J Vet Res 1969; 30:615-622.
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:
correct name
Risk group:
1
Notes:
😷 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, note = "PV?". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates with Acholeplasma and is susceptible to being reclassified".Publication:
Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.
🧍 The members of the Sucommittee on the Taxonomy of Mollicutes recommended further clarification of the taxonomic status of Mycoplasma feliminutum Heyward et al. 1969 (Approved Lists 1980) since this taxon appears to have properties inconsistent with its genus assignment.Publication:
Bradbury JM. ICSB, SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE TAXONOMY OF MOLLICUTES: Minutes of the interim meeting, 12 and 18 July 1996, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:911-914.