Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Mycoplasma leachii

Name: Mycoplasma leachii Manso-Silván et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lea’chi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. leachii, of Leach, named in honour of Dr R. H. Leach, who first characterized this taxon

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 21131; N29; NCTC 10133; PG50

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U26054 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Manso-Silvan L, Vilei EM, Sachse K, Djordjevic SP, Thiaucourt F, Frey J. Mycoplasma leachii sp. nov. as a new species designation for Mycoplasma sp. bovine group 7 of Leach, and reclassification of Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides LC as a serovar of Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. capri. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1353-1358.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2131-2132.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Manso-Silvan L, Vilei EM, Sachse K, Djordjevic SP, Thiaucourt F, Frey J. Mycoplasma leachii sp. nov. as a new species designation for Mycoplasma sp. bovine group 7 of Leach, and reclassification of Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides LC as a serovar of Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. capri. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1353-1358.

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Record number: 787935
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