Species ***Mycoplasma* *oxoniense***

Name: Mycoplasma oxoniense corrig. Hill 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.xo.ni.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. oxoniense, referring to Oxon [probably better: oxonense]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … o-kso-ni-EN-se, neuter

Type strain: 128; ATCC 49694; NCTC 11712

16S rRNA gene: AF412987 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hill AC. Mycoplasma oxoniensis, a new species isolated from Chinese hamster conjunctivas. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:21-25.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 41, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:457-458.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Mycoplasmopsis oxoniensis" (Hill 1991) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published
Mycoplasma oxoniensis Hill 1991	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

Notes:
- 🙂 Spelling correction conducted by LPSN on 2022-08-09.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 0 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 genus.

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hill AC. Mycoplasma oxoniensis, a new species isolated from Chinese hamster conjunctivas. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:21-25.

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Record number: 29631

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Species Mycoplasma oxoniense

Species ***Mycoplasma* *oxoniense***