Species Mycoplasma tauri

Name: Mycoplasma tauri Spergser et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tau’ri. L. gen. masc. n. tauri, of a bull

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: my-ko-PLAS-ma TA͡U-ri, neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1891; DSM 22451; Zaradi2

16S rRNA gene: OK047489 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Spergser J, DeSoye P, Ruppitsch W, Cabal Rosel A, Dinhopl N, Szostak MP, Loncaric I, Chopra-Dewasthaly R, Busse HJ. Mycoplasma tauri sp. nov. isolated from the bovine genital tract. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126292. 🇦🇹

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 205. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5331.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Spergser J, DeSoye P, Ruppitsch W, Cabal Rosel A, Dinhopl N, Szostak MP, Loncaric I, Chopra-Dewasthaly R, Busse HJ. Mycoplasma tauri sp. nov. isolated from the bovine genital tract. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126292. 🇦🇹

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Record number: 28925

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