Species Mycoplasma sturni

Name: Mycoplasma sturni Forsyth et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: stur’ni. L. masc. n. sturnus, a genus of birds; from L. masc. n. sturnus, a starling or stare; L. gen. masc. n. sturni, of the genus Sturnus, the genus of the bird from which the organism was isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 51945; CIP 105812; DSM 22021; UCMF

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16S rRNA gene: U22013 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Forsyth MH, Tully JG, Gorton TS, Hinckley L, Frasca SJ, van Kruiningen HJ, Geary SJ. Mycoplasma sturni sp. nov., from the conjunctiva of a European starling (Sturnus vulgaris). Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:716-719.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:1191.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Mycoplasmopsis sturni (Forsyth et al. 1996) Gupta et al. 2018

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycoplasmopsis sturni (Forsyth et al. 1996) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- Mycoplasma sturni 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 = 2, note = "t".

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Forsyth MH, Tully JG, Gorton TS, Hinckley L, Frasca SJ, van Kruiningen HJ, Geary SJ. Mycoplasma sturni sp. nov., from the conjunctiva of a European starling (Sturnus vulgaris). Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:716-719.

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Record number: 784437

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