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Name: Mycoplasma leonicaptivi corrig. Hill 1992
Etymology: le.o.ni.cap.ti’vi. L. masc. n. leo (gen. leonis), a lion; L. adj. captivus -a -um, taken prisoner, captive; N.L. gen. masc. n. leonicaptivi, of the captive lion [probably better: leoniscaptivi]
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: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Name | Kind |
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"Mycoplasmopsis leonicaptivi" (Hill 1992) Gupta et al. 2018 | homotypic synonym, not validly published |
Mycoplasma leocaptivus Hill 1992 | other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling |
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: 784395