Species Mycoplasma meleagridis

Name: Mycoplasma meleagridis Yamamoto et al. 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.le.a.gri.dis. L. gen. fem. n. meleagridis, a kind of fowls, a turkey

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 25294; CIP 103833; DSM 22145; IFO 14852; NBRC 14852; NCTC 10153

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB680683 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Yamamoto R, Bigland CH, Ortmayer HB. Characteristics of Mycoplasma meleagridis sp. n., Isolated from Turkeys. J Bacteriol 1965; 90:47-49.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Mycoplasmopsis meleagridis (Yamamoto et al. 1965) Gupta et al. 2018

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycoplasmopsis meleagridis (Yamamoto et al. 1965) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Mycoplasma meleagridis 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 Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 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 144 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Yamamoto R, Bigland CH, Ortmayer HB. Characteristics of Mycoplasma meleagridis sp. n., Isolated from Turkeys. J Bacteriol 1965; 90:47-49.

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Record number: 784403

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