Species ***Mycoplasma* *mobile***

Name: Mycoplasma mobile Kirchhoff et al. 1987

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mo’bi.le. L. neut. adj. mobile, motile

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 163 K; ATCC 43663; NCTC 11711

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16S rRNA gene: M24480 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kirchhoff H, Beyene P, Fischer M, Flossdorf J, Heitmann J, Khattab B, Lopatta D, Rosengarten R, Seidel G, Yousef C. Mycoplasma mobile sp. nov., a new species from fish. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:192-197.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Mesomycoplasma mobile" (Kirchhoff et al. 1987) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.00308 (N = 2).
- 😷 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 = 2, note = "t". — 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 87 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kirchhoff H, Beyene P, Fischer M, Flossdorf J, Heitmann J, Khattab B, Lopatta D, Rosengarten R, Seidel G, Yousef C. Mycoplasma mobile sp. nov., a new species from fish. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:192-197.

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Record number: 784406

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Species Mycoplasma mobile

Species ***Mycoplasma* *mobile***