Species ***Mycoplasma* *testudineum***

Name: Mycoplasma testudineum Brown et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tes.tu.din’e.um. L. neut. adj. testudineum, of or belonging to a tortoise

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 700618; BH29; MCCM 3231

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16S rRNA gene: FJ666138 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Brown DR, Merritt JL, Jacobson ER, Klein PA, Tully JG, Brown MB. Mycoplasma testudineum sp. nov., from a desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) with upper respiratory tract disease. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1527-1529.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:3-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Mycoplasmopsis testudinea" (Brown et al. 2004) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — 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 20 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🧍 In the abstract, the type strain BH29 is cited as BH-29. — 🧍 In the summary, the type strain BH29 is cited as BH-29. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Brown DR, Merritt JL, Jacobson ER, Klein PA, Tully JG, Brown MB. Mycoplasma testudineum sp. nov., from a desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) with upper respiratory tract disease. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1527-1529.

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Species Mycoplasma testudineum

Species ***Mycoplasma* *testudineum***