Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Mycoplasma phocimorsus

Name: Mycoplasma phocimorsus Skafte-Holm et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pho.ci.mor’sus. L. fem. n. phoca, seal; L. gen. masc. n. morsus, a bite, biting; N.L. gen. masc. n. phocimorsus, of a seal bite

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 116188; M5725; NCTC 14922

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16S rRNA gene: OQ945447 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Skafte-Holm A, Pedersen TR, Frolund M, Stegger M, Qvortrup K, Michaels DL, Brown DR, Jensen JS. Mycoplasma phocimorsus sp. nov., isolated from Scandinavian patients with seal finger or septic arthritis after contact with seals. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6163.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6213.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Skafte-Holm A, Pedersen TR, Frolund M, Stegger M, Qvortrup K, Michaels DL, Brown DR, Jensen JS. Mycoplasma phocimorsus sp. nov., isolated from Scandinavian patients with seal finger or septic arthritis after contact with seals. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6163.

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Record number: 40678
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