Species Mycoplasma leocaptivus

Name: Mycoplasma leocaptivus Hill 1992

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 3L2; ATCC 498490; ATCC 49890; NCTC 11726

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16S rRNA gene: U16759 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hill AC. Mycoplasma simbae sp. nov., Mycoplasma leopharyngis sp. nov., and Mycoplasma leocaptivus sp. nov., isolated from lions. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:518-523.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 42, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:189.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Mycoplasma leonicaptivi corrig. Hill 1992

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Mycoplasmopsis leonicaptivi" (Hill 1992) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published
Mycoplasma leonicaptivi corrig. Hill 1992	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
- 🧍 Nom. corrig.: IJSB 48:615. Publication: Trüper HG, De' Clari L. Taxonomic note: erratum and correction of further specific epithets formed as substantives (nouns) "in apposition". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1998; 48:615. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hill AC. Mycoplasma simbae sp. nov., Mycoplasma leopharyngis sp. nov., and Mycoplasma leocaptivus sp. nov., isolated from lions. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:518-523.

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Record number: 784394

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Species Mycoplasma leocaptivus