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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Mycoplasma oculi"

Name: "Mycoplasma oculi" Leach 1973

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o’cu.li. L. gen. masc. n. oculi, eye

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: my-ko-PLAS-ma O-ku-li, neuter

Original publication: Leach RH. Further studies on classification of bovine strains of mycoplasmatales, with proposals for new species, Acholeplasma modicum and Mycoplasma alkalescens. J Gen Microbiol 1973; 75:135-153.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Leach RH. Further studies on classification of bovine strains of mycoplasmatales, with proposals for new species, Acholeplasma modicum and Mycoplasma alkalescens. J Gen Microbiol 1973; 75:135-153.

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Record number: 62388

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