Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Mycoplasma procyoni

Name: Mycoplasma procyoni Volokhov et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pro’cyoni. N.L. gen. masc. n. procyoni, of Procyon lotor, the species isolated from Procyon lotor, generic name of the North American raccoon

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC TSD-141; DSM 106703; LR5794; NCTC 14309

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ226566 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Volokhov DV, Gao Y, Davidson MK, Chizhikov VE. Acholeplasma equirhinis sp. nov. isolated from respiratory tract of horse (Equus caballus) and Mycoplasma procyoni sp. nov. isolated from oral cavity of raccoon (Procyon lotor). Arch Microbiol 2020; 202:411-420.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 193. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2960-2966.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Volokhov DV, Gao Y, Davidson MK, Chizhikov VE. Acholeplasma equirhinis sp. nov. isolated from respiratory tract of horse (Equus caballus) and Mycoplasma procyoni sp. nov. isolated from oral cavity of raccoon (Procyon lotor). Arch Microbiol 2020; 202:411-420.

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Record number: 3402
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