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. part. adj. opalescens, opalescent, referring to the opalescent film produced on solid medium

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 27921; MH5408; NCTC 10149

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

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.
- 🎓 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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Record number: 784414

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