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Species Mycoplasma subdolum
Name: Mycoplasma subdolum Lemcke and Kirchhoff 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: sub.do’lum. L. neut. adj. subdolum, somewhat deceptive, alludes to the deceptive color change that led to the original erroneous description of the strains as urea-hydrolyzing
Type strain: ATCC 29870; NCTC 10175; TB
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AF125588
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Lemcke RM, Kirchhoff H. Mycoplasma subdolum, a new species isolated from horses. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1979; 29:42-50. 
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 (and not recommended for medical use)
Correct name: Metamycoplasma subdolum (Lemcke and Kirchhoff 1979) Gupta et al. 2019
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Metamycoplasma subdolum" (Lemcke and Kirchhoff 1979) Gupta et al. 2018 homotypic synonym, not validly published Metamycoplasma subdolum (Lemcke and Kirchhoff 1979) Gupta et al. 2019 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- ❗ Mycoplasma subdolum 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, note = "PV?". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t". — 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 4 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 risk group of the species itself.
Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Lemcke RM, Kirchhoff H. Mycoplasma subdolum, a new species isolated from horses. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1979; 29:42-50.
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Record number: 784439
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