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Species Mycoplasma testudineum

Name: Mycoplasma testudineum Brown et al. 2004

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: my-ko-PLAS-ma tes-tu-DI-ne-um, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 700618; BH 29; MCCM 3231

16S rRNA gene: FJ666138 Analysetree FASTA download

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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

  • 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 2026-08-13. 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 19 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
    • 🧍 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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Record number: 784443