Species Mycoplasma phocacerebrale

Name: Mycoplasma phocacerebrale Giebel et al. 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 1049; ATCC 49640; NCTC 11721

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16S rRNA gene: JN935885 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Giebel J, Meier J, Binder A, Flossdorf J, Poveda JB, Schmidt R, Kirchhoff H. Mycoplasma phocarhinis sp. nov. and Mycoplasma phocacerebrale sp. nov., two new species from harbor seals (Phoca vitulina L.). Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:39-44.

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: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Mycoplasma phocicerebrale corrig. Giebel et al. 1991

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Metamycoplasma phocicerebrale (Giebel et al. 1991) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Mycoplasma phocicerebrale corrig. Giebel et al. 1991	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — 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 = 2, note = "PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t". — 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 5 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Giebel J, Meier J, Binder A, Flossdorf J, Poveda JB, Schmidt R, Kirchhoff H. Mycoplasma phocarhinis sp. nov. and Mycoplasma phocacerebrale sp. nov., two new species from harbor seals (Phoca vitulina L.). Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:39-44.

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Record number: 784420

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Species Mycoplasma phocacerebrale