Species Mycoplasma lipofaciens

Name: Mycoplasma lipofaciens Bradbury et al. 1983

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.po.fa’ci.ens. Gr. neut. n. lipos, animal fat, lard, tallow; L. pres. part. faciens, making; N.L. part. adj. lipofaciens, fat-making, intended to refer to the production of a lipid film on solid media

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 35015; NCTC 10191; R171

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF221115 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bradbury JM, Forrest M, Williams A. Mycoplasma lipofaciens, a new species of avian origin. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:329-335.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Mycoplasmopsis lipofaciens (Bradbury et al. 1983) Gupta et al. 2018

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycoplasmopsis lipofaciens (Bradbury et al. 1983) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Mycoplasma lipofaciens is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Mycoplasma.
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t".
- 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Bradbury JM, Forrest M, Williams A. Mycoplasma lipofaciens, a new species of avian origin. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:329-335.

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Record number: 784397

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