Species Mycoplasma flocculare

Name: Mycoplasma flocculare Meyling and Friis 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: floc.cu.la’re. L. masc. n. flocculus, a small flock or tuft of wool; N.L. neut. adj. suff. -are, suffix denoting pertaining to; N.L. neut. adj. flocculare, resembling a small floc of wool, referring to the tendency of the organism to form clumps of flocculent material in broth culture

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 27399; NCTC 10143

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16S rRNA gene: X62699 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Meyling A, Friis NF. Serological identification of a new porcine mycoplasma species, M. flocculare. Acta Vet Scand 1972; 13:287-289.

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: Mesomycoplasma flocculare (Meyling and Friis 1972) Gupta et al. 2018

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mesomycoplasma flocculare (Meyling and Friis 1972) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Mycoplasma flocculare 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 Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t".
- 🎓 Name mentioned 56 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Meyling A, Friis NF. Serological identification of a new porcine mycoplasma species, M. flocculare. Acta Vet Scand 1972; 13:287-289.

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Record number: 784369

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