Species Mycoplasma opalescens

Name: Mycoplasma opalescens Rosendal 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.pa.les’cens. L. masc. n. opalus, precious stone, opal; N.L. neut. part. adj. opalescens, opalescent, referring to the opalescent film produced on solid medium

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 27921; MH5408; NCTC 10149

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16S rRNA gene: AF221117 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Rosendal S. Canine mycoplasmas: serological studies of type and reference strains, with a proposal for the new species, Mycoplasma opalescens. Acta Pathol Microbiol Scand B 1975; 83:463-470.

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 opalescens (Rosendal 1975) Gupta et al. 2018

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycoplasmopsis opalescens (Rosendal 1975) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Mycoplasma opalescens 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 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: Rosendal S. Canine mycoplasmas: serological studies of type and reference strains, with a proposal for the new species, Mycoplasma opalescens. Acta Pathol Microbiol Scand B 1975; 83:463-470.

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Species Mycoplasma opalescens