Species Mycoplasma felis

Name: Mycoplasma felis Cole et al. 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fe’lis. L. fem. n. feles (gen. felis), a cat; L. gen. fem. n. felis, of a cat

Gender: neuter

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U09787 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Cole BC, Golightly L, Ward JR. Characterization of mycoplasma strains from cats. J Bacteriol 1967; 94:1451-1458.

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: Mycoplasmopsis felis (Cole et al. 1967) Gupta et al. 2019

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Mycoplasmopsis felis" (Cole et al. 1967) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published
Mycoplasmopsis felis (Cole et al. 1967) Gupta et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- Mycoplasma felis 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.
- According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
- The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Z".

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Cole BC, Golightly L, Ward JR. Characterization of mycoplasma strains from cats. J Bacteriol 1967; 94:1451-1458.

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Record number: 784367

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