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Species Mycoplasma glycophilum
Name: Mycoplasma glycophilum Forrest and Bradbury 1984
Etymology: gly.co’phi.lum. Gr. masc. adj. glykys, sweet (this adjective was used to coin the noun glucose); N.L. neut. adj. suff. -philum, friend, loving; from Gr. neut. adj. philon, friend; N.L. neut. adj. glycophilum, sweet-loving, intended to mean glucose-loving
Type strain: 486; ATCC 35277; NCTC 10194
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AF412981
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FASTA
Effective publication:
Forrest M, Bradbury JM. Mycoplasma glycophilum, a new species of avian origin. J Gen Microbiol 1984; 130:597-603. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 15. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:355-357.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)
Correct name: Mycoplasmopsis glycophila (Forrest and Bradbury 1984) Gupta et al. 2018
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Mycoplasmopsis glycophila (Forrest and Bradbury 1984) Gupta et al. 2018 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- ❗ Mycoplasma glycophilum 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 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". — 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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Forrest M, Bradbury JM. Mycoplasma glycophilum, a new species of avian origin. J Gen Microbiol 1984; 130:597-603.
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Record number: 784376
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