Species ***Mycoplasmopsis* *agalactiae***

Name: Mycoplasmopsis agalactiae (Wroblewski 1931) Gupta et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Anulomyces agalaxiae" Wroblewski 1931

Etymology: a.ga.lac’ti.ae. Gr. fem. n. agalaktia, want of milk, agalactia; N.L. gen. fem. n. agalactiae, of agalactia

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CIP 59.7; NCTC 10123; PG2

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M24290 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gupta RS, Sawnani S, Adeolu M, Alnajar S, Oren A. Phylogenetic framework for the phylum Tenericutes based on genome sequence data: proposal for the creation of a new order Mycoplasmoidales ord. nov., containing two new families Mycoplasmoidaceae fam. nov. and Metamycoplasmataceae fam. nov. harbouring Eperythrozoon, Ureaplasma and five novel genera. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2018; 111:1583-1630. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 184. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3379-3393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycoplasma agalactiae (Wroblewski 1931) Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Anulomyces agalaxiae" Wroblewski 1931	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Notes:
- 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Mycoplasmopsis Gupta et al. 2018. Publication: Gupta RS, Sawnani S, Adeolu M, Alnajar S, Oren A. Phylogenetic framework for the phylum Tenericutes based on genome sequence data: proposal for the creation of a new order Mycoplasmoidales ord. nov., containing two new families Mycoplasmoidaceae fam. nov. and Metamycoplasmataceae fam. nov. harbouring Eperythrozoon, Ureaplasma and five novel genera. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2018; 111:1583-1630. 🇨🇦
- 😷 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: 3". — 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🫡 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. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Mycoplasma agalactiae (Wroblewski 1931) Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Freundt EA. The classification of the pleuropneumonia group of organisms (Borrelomycetales). International Bulletin of Bacteriological Nomenclature and Taxonomy 1955; 5:67-78. Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Parent taxon: Mycoplasmopsis Gupta et al. 2018

Assigned by: Gupta RS, Sawnani S, Adeolu M, Alnajar S, Oren A. Phylogenetic framework for the phylum Tenericutes based on genome sequence data: proposal for the creation of a new order Mycoplasmoidales ord. nov., containing two new families Mycoplasmoidaceae fam. nov. and Metamycoplasmataceae fam. nov. harbouring Eperythrozoon, Ureaplasma and five novel genera. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2018; 111:1583-1630. 🇨🇦

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Species Mycoplasmopsis agalactiae

Species ***Mycoplasmopsis* *agalactiae***