Species ***Mycoplasma* *leopharyngis***

Name: Mycoplasma leopharyngis Hill 1992

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: le.o.pha.ryn’gis. L. masc. n. leo (gen. leonis), a lion; Gr. masc./fem. n. pharynx, throat; from Gr. masc./fem. n. pharynx (gen. pharyngos), throat; N.L. gen. masc./fem. n. leopharyngis, of throat of a lion (sic)

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 49889; LL2; NCTC 11725

16S rRNA gene: U16760 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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Mycoplasmopsis leopharyngis" (Hill 1992) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- 😷 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. — 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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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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Species Mycoplasma leopharyngis

Species ***Mycoplasma* *leopharyngis***