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]
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
😷 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.
🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
🧍 Listed as leocaptivus in the notification list.Publication:
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.
🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.Publication:
Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.
🧍 Nom. corrig.: IJSB 48:615; Mycoplasma leocaptivus (sic).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.
🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, leocaptivus (sic), has been corrected by Trüper and De' Clari 1998.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.