Species Mycoplasma gallisepticum

Name: Mycoplasma gallisepticum Edward and Kanarek 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gal.li.sep’ti.cum. L. masc. n. gallus, rooster, chicken; L. adj. septicus -a -um, producing a putrefaction, putrefying, septic; N.L. neut. adj. gallisepticum, hen-putrefying (infecting)

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 19610; CIP 104967; DSM 19817; IFO 14855; NBRC 14855; NCTC 10115

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB680686 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Edward DG, Kanarek AD. Organisms of the pleuropneumonia group of avian origin: their classification into species. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1960; 79:696-702.

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: Mycoplasmoides gallisepticum (Edward and Kanarek 1960) Gupta et al. 2018

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycoplasmoides gallisepticum (Edward and Kanarek 1960) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Mycoplasma gallisepticum 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 1546 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Edward DG, Kanarek AD. Organisms of the pleuropneumonia group of avian origin: their classification into species. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1960; 79:696-702.

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Record number: 784372

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