Species ***Mycoplasma* *iguanae***

Name: Mycoplasma iguanae Brown et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ig.ua’nae. N.L. gen. fem. n. iguanae, of the iguana lizard

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 2327; ATCC BAA-1050; NCTC 11745

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU859973 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Brown DR, Demcovitz DL, Plourde DR, Potter SM, Hunt ME, Jones RD, Rotstein DS. Mycoplasma iguanae sp. nov., from a green iguana (Iguana iguana) with vertebral disease. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:761-764.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1461-1462.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Mycoplasmopsis iguanae" (Brown et al. 2006) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- 😷 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 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: Brown DR, Demcovitz DL, Plourde DR, Potter SM, Hunt ME, Jones RD, Rotstein DS. Mycoplasma iguanae sp. nov., from a green iguana (Iguana iguana) with vertebral disease. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:761-764.

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Record number: 784387

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Species Mycoplasma iguanae

Species ***Mycoplasma* *iguanae***