Species ***Mycoplasma* *feriruminatoris***

Name: Mycoplasma feriruminatoris Jores et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fe.ri.ru.mi.na.to.ris. L. masc. adj. ferus, wild; L. gen. masc. n. ruminatoris, one that chews again or ruminates, a ruminant; N.L. gen. masc. n. feriruminatoris, of a wild ruminant

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 26019; G5847; NCTC 13622

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KB199603 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Jores J, Fischer A, Sirand-Pugnet P, Thomann A, Liebler-Tenorio E, Schnee C, Santana-Cruz I, Heller H, Frey J. Erratum to ‘‘Mycoplasma feriruminatoris sp. nov., a fast-growing Mycoplasma species isolated from wild Caprinae''. Syst Appl Microbiol 36, 533–538 [erratum]. Syst Appl Microbiol 2015; 38:370.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 166. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3763-3767.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t". — 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 9 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
- 🧍 In the effective publication, the NCTC collection number is erroneously given as NCTC 1362. An erratum with the correct NCTC number, NCTC 13622, has been published. Publication: Jores J, Fischer A, Sirand-Pugnet P, Thomann A, Liebler-Tenorio EM, Schnee C, Santana-Cruz I, Heller M, Frey J. Mycoplasma feriruminatoris sp. nov., a fast growing Mycoplasma species isolated from wild Caprinae. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:533-538.

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Jores J, Fischer A, Sirand-Pugnet P, Thomann A, Liebler-Tenorio E, Schnee C, Santana-Cruz I, Heller H, Frey J. Erratum to ‘‘Mycoplasma feriruminatoris sp. nov., a fast-growing Mycoplasma species isolated from wild Caprinae''. Syst Appl Microbiol 36, 533–538 [erratum]. Syst Appl Microbiol 2015; 38:370.

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Species Mycoplasma feriruminatoris

Species ***Mycoplasma* *feriruminatoris***