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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.26047 (N = 2).
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t3". — 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 7 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.
- 🧍 Mycoplasma leachii Manso-Silván et al. 2009 was previously known as Mycoplasma sp. bovine group 7 of Leach. Publication: Nowak J. Morphologie, nature et cycle évolutif du microbe de la péripneumonie des bovidés. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1929; 43:1330-1352.

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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Species Mycoplasma leachii

Species ***Mycoplasma* *leachii***