Species ***Mycoplasma* *phocae***

Name: Mycoplasma phocae corrig. Ruhnke and Madoff 1992

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pho’cae. L. gen. fem. n. phocae, of a seal

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: my-ko-PLAS-ma P^HO-ka͡e, neuter

Type strain: 105; ATCC 33657

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16S rRNA gene: AF304325 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ruhnke HL, Madoff S. Mycoplasma phocidae sp. nov., isolated from harbor seals (Phoca vitulina L.). Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:211-214.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 42. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:511.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycoplasma phocidae Ruhnke and Madoff 1992	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
"Metamycoplasma phocae" (Ruhnke and Madoff 1992) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published

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 Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 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 species itself.
- 🧍 Listed as phocidae in the notification list. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 42. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:511.
- 🧍 However, this correction is forbidden by the Note for Rule 61 [2, 3] and the name Mycoplasma phocae corrig. Ruhnke and Madoff 1992 is not in accordance with the rules of the ICNP. Publication: De Vos P, Trüper HG. Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. IXth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Minutes of the meetings, 14, 15 and 18 August 1999, Sydney, Australia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2000; 50:2239-2244.
- 🧍 See also: Publication: Labeda DP. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology IXth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Minutes of the meetings, 14 and 17 August 1999, Sydney, Australia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2000; 50:2245-2247. 🇺🇸
- 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet phocidae (sic), has been corrected by Heldtander Königsson et al. 2001 to phocae [1]. Publication: Konigsson MH, Pettersson B, Johansson KE. Phylogeny of the seal mycoplasmas Mycoplasma phocae corrig., Mycoplasma phocicerebrale corrig. and Mycoplasma phocirhinis corrig. based on sequence analysis of 16S rDNA. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1389-1393. 🇸🇪

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Ruhnke HL, Madoff S. Mycoplasma phocidae sp. nov., isolated from harbor seals (Phoca vitulina L.). Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:211-214.

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Species Mycoplasma phocae

Species ***Mycoplasma* *phocae***