Species ***Mycoplasma* *indiense***

Name: Mycoplasma indiense Hill 1993

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in.di.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. indiense, of or pertaining to India (source of the infected primates)

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 3; ATCC 51125; NCTC 11728

16S rRNA gene: AF125593 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hill AC. Mycoplasma indiense sp. nov., isolated from the throats of nonhuman primates. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:36-40.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 43, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:399.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Metamycoplasma indiense" (Hill 1993) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "PV?". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 1 time 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 genus.

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hill AC. Mycoplasma indiense sp. nov., isolated from the throats of nonhuman primates. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:36-40.

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Record number: 784389

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Species Mycoplasma indiense

Species ***Mycoplasma* *indiense***