Species ***Mycoplasma* *imitans***

Name: Mycoplasma imitans Bradbury et al. 1993

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: i’mi.tans. L. part. adj. imitans, imitating, mimicking, referring to the organism’s phenotypic resemblance to Mycoplasma gallisepticum

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 4229; ATCC 51306; NCTC 11733

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: L24103 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bradbury JM, Abdul-Wahab OM, Yavari CA, Dupiellet JP, Bove JM. Mycoplasma imitans sp. nov. is related to Mycoplasma gallisepticum and found in birds. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:721-728.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 43, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:184.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Mycoplasmoides imitans" (Bradbury et al. 1993) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.
- The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t".

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Bradbury JM, Abdul-Wahab OM, Yavari CA, Dupiellet JP, Bove JM. Mycoplasma imitans sp. nov. is related to Mycoplasma gallisepticum and found in birds. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:721-728.

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Species Mycoplasma imitans

Species ***Mycoplasma* *imitans***