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Species Mycoplasma pirum
Name: Mycoplasma pirum Del Giudice et al. 1985
Etymology: pi’rum. L. neut. n. pirum, pear, referring to the pear-shaped morphology of the cells (nominative in apposition)
Type strain: ATCC 25960; HRC 70-159; NCTC 11702
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
M23940
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Del Giudice RA, Tully JG, Rose DL, Cole RM. Mycoplasma pirum sp. nov., a terminal structured mollicute from cell cultures. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:285-291. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)
Correct name: Mycoplasmoides pirum (Del Giudice et al. 1985) Gupta et al. 2018
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Mycoplasmoides pirum (Del Giudice et al. 1985) Gupta et al. 2018 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- ❗ Mycoplasma pirum 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 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 = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 27 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
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🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen.
Publication:
Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Del Giudice RA, Tully JG, Rose DL, Cole RM. Mycoplasma pirum sp. nov., a terminal structured mollicute from cell cultures. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:285-291.
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Record number: 784426
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