Species Mycoplasma phocicerebrale

Classification:

Bacteria Bacillati Mycoplasmatota Mollicutes Mycoplasmatales Mycoplasmataceae Mycoplasma Mycoplasma phocicerebrale

Name: Mycoplasma phocicerebrale corrig. Giebel et al. 1991

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: pho.ci.ce.re.bra’le. L. fem. n. phoca, seal; L. neut. n. cerebrum, brain; L. neut. adj. suff. -ale, suffix denoting pertaining to; N.L. neut. adj. cerebrale, of or pertaining to the brain; N.L. neut. adj. phocicerebrale, pertaining to the brain of a seal

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: my-ko-PLAS-ma p^ho-ki-ke-re-BRA-le, 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: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Metamycoplasma phocicerebrale (Giebel et al. 1991) Gupta et al. 2018

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

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

Notes:
- ❗ Mycoplasma phocicerebrale 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 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 Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Z". — 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 7 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.
- 🧍 Listed as phocacerebrale in the notification list. Publication: 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.
- 🧍 Contrary to what the Lists Editor IJSEM states, this correction is legitimate because Mycoplasma phocacerebrale (validly published in full paper in the January 1991 issue of the IJSB) is not included in a Notification List (the first Notification List was published in July 1991). Publication: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1621-1623.
- 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet phocacerebrale (sic), has been corrected by Heldtander Königsson et al. 2001. 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: 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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