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Species Mycoplasma phocimorsus
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- Mycoplasma capricolum
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- Mycoplasma cloacale
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- Mycoplasma collis
- Mycoplasma columbinasale
- Mycoplasma columbinum
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- "Candidatus Mycoplasma coregoni" corrig.
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- Mycoplasma dispar
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- Mycoplasma elephantis
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- Mycoplasma enhydrae
- Mycoplasma equigenitalium
- Mycoplasma equirhinis
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma erythrocervae"
- Mycoplasma falconis
- Mycoplasma fastidiosum
- Mycoplasma faucium
- Mycoplasma felifaucium
- Mycoplasma feliminutum
- Mycoplasma felis
- Mycoplasma feriruminatoris
- Mycoplasma fermentans
- Mycoplasma flocculare
- Mycoplasma gallinaceum
- Mycoplasma gallinarum
- Mycoplasma gallisepticum
- Mycoplasma gallopavonis
- Mycoplasma gateae
- Mycoplasma genitalium
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma girerdii"
- Mycoplasma glycophilum
- "Mycoplasma granularum"
- Mycoplasma gypis
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haematoalbiventris"
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haematobovis" corrig.
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haematocervi" corrig.
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haematocontesinii"
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haematodidelphidis" corrig.
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haematohagiwarae"
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haematohominis" corrig.
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haematohydrochaerus"
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haematohydrochoeri" corrig.
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haematohydrochoerus"
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haematolamae" corrig.
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haematolongicaudis"
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haematomacacae" corrig.
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haematomaximus"
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haematomelis" corrig.
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haematominiopteri" corrig.
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haematominutum" corrig.
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haematomyotis"
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haematonasua"
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haematonasuae" corrig.
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haematoparvum"
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haematophyllostomi"
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haematopipistrellus"
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haematosphigguri" corrig.
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haematotapirus"
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haematoterrestris"
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haematotetradactyla"
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haematovis" corrig.
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haematozalophi" corrig.
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haemoalbiventris"
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haemobos"
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haemobovis"
- Mycoplasma haemocanis
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haemocervae"
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haemodidelphidis"
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haemofelis"
- Mycoplasma haemofelis
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haemohominis"
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haemolamae"
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haemomacaque"
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haemomeles"
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum"
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haemomuris"
- Mycoplasma haemomuris
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haemoparvum"
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haemosphiggurus"
- Mycoplasma haemosuis
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haemosuis"
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haemovis"
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma haemozalophi"
- Mycoplasma hafezii
- "Mycoplasma haliaeeti"
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma hemohominis"
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma hemominopterus"
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- Mycoplasma hyorhinis
- Mycoplasma hyosynoviae
- Mycoplasma iguanae
- Mycoplasma imitans
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- Mycoplasma iners
- "Mycoplasma insons"
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- "Candidatus Mycoplasma kahanei"
- Mycoplasma lactucae
- Mycoplasma lagogenitalium
- "Mycoplasma laidlawii"
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma lavaretus"
- Mycoplasma leachii
- Mycoplasma leocaptivus
- Mycoplasma leonicaptivi corrig.
- Mycoplasma leopharyngis
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma liparidae"
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma liparidarum" corrig.
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- "Candidatus Mycoplasma ravipulmonis"
- "Mycoplasma razini"
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- "Candidatus Mycoplasma salmoniae"
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- "Mycoplasma timone"
- "Mycoplasma todarodis"
- Mycoplasma todarodis
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma tructae"
- Mycoplasma tullyi
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma turicense" corrig.
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma turicensis"
- Mycoplasma verecundum
- "Mycoplasma volis"
- "Mycoplasma vulturii"
- "Candidatus Mycoplasma wenyonii"
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Name: Mycoplasma phocimorsus Skafte-Holm et al. 2023
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
Pronunciation, gender: pho-ki-MOR-sus, neuter
Type strain: DSM 116188; M5725; NCTC 14922
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
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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