Species Mycoplasma genitalium

Name: Mycoplasma genitalium Tully et al. 1983

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ge.ni.ta’li.um. L. neut. pl. n. genitalia, the genitals; L. gen. neut. pl. n. genitalium, of the genitals

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 33530; CIP 103767; DSM 19775; G-37; NCTC 10195

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16S rRNA gene: X77334 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tully JG, Taylor-Robinson D, Rose DL, Cole RM, Bové JM. Mycoplasma genitalium, a new species from the human urogenital tract. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:387-396.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Mycoplasmoides genitalium (Tully et al. 1983) Gupta et al. 2018

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycoplasmoides genitalium (Tully et al. 1983) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- Mycoplasma genitalium 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 an established 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.

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Tully JG, Taylor-Robinson D, Rose DL, Cole RM, Bové JM. Mycoplasma genitalium, a new species from the human urogenital tract. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:387-396.

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Record number: 784375

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