Species Mycoplasma penetrans

Name: Mycoplasma penetrans Lo et al. 1992

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pe’ne.trans. L. part. adj. penetrans, entering, penetrating, referring to the ability of the organism to penetrate into mammalian cells

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 55252; DSM 22633; GTU-54-6A1

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16S rRNA gene: JN935872 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lo SC, Hayes MM, Tully JG, Wang RY, Kotani H, Pierce PF, Rose DL, Shih JW. Mycoplasma penetrans sp. nov., from the urogenital tract of patients with AIDS. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:357-364.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 42, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:656.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Malacoplasma penetrans (Lo et al. 1992) Gupta et al. 2018

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Malacoplasma penetrans (Lo et al. 1992) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- Mycoplasma penetrans is the correct name 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.
- According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Lo SC, Hayes MM, Tully JG, Wang RY, Kotani H, Pierce PF, Rose DL, Shih JW. Mycoplasma penetrans sp. nov., from the urogenital tract of patients with AIDS. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:357-364.

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Record number: 784419

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