Species Mycoplasma primatum

Name: Mycoplasma primatum Del Giudice et al. 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: L. n. primas -atis, one of the first or principal, chief (from which primates, the highest order of mammals originates); L. gen. masc. pl. n. primatium, of chiefs, of primates

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 25948; HRC 292; NCTC 10163

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF221118 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: DelGiudice RA, Carski TR, Barile MF, Lemcke RM, Tully JG. Proposal for classifying human strain navel and related simian mycoplasmas as Mycoplasma primatum sp. n. J Bacteriol 1971; 108:439-445.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Mycoplasmopsis primatum (Del Giudice et al. 1971) Gupta et al. 2018

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycoplasmopsis primatum (Del Giudice et al. 1971) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- Mycoplasma primatum is the correct name 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 full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: DelGiudice RA, Carski TR, Barile MF, Lemcke RM, Tully JG. Proposal for classifying human strain navel and related simian mycoplasmas as Mycoplasma primatum sp. n. J Bacteriol 1971; 108:439-445.

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Record number: 784428

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