Species Mycoplasma hominis

Name: Mycoplasma hominis (Freundt 1953) Edward 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Micromyces hominis" Freundt 1953

Etymology: ho’mi.nis. L. masc. n. homo (gen. hominis), man; L. gen. masc. n. hominis, of man

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 23114; CIP 103715; IFO 14850; NBRC 14850; NCTC 10111

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16S rRNA gene: AJ002265 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Edward DG. A suggested classification and nomenclature for organisms of the pleuropneumonia group. International Bulletin of Bacteriological Nomenclature and Taxonomy 1955; 5:85-93.

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: Metamycoplasma hominis (Freundt 1953) Gupta et al. 2018

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Micromyces hominis" Freundt 1953	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Metamycoplasma hominis (Freundt 1953) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- Mycoplasma hominis 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.
- The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht".

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Edward DG. A suggested classification and nomenclature for organisms of the pleuropneumonia group. International Bulletin of Bacteriological Nomenclature and Taxonomy 1955; 5:85-93.

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Record number: 784382

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