Name: Ureaplasma ceti Segawa et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ce’ti. L. gen. masc. n. ceti, of a whale

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: u-re-a-PLAS-ma KE-ti, neuter

Type strain: DSM 116106; JCM 39153; OM1

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16S rRNA gene: LC794801 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Segawa T, Nakajima Y, Yamamoto K, Kishima S, Itou T. Ureaplasma ceti sp. nov. isolated from the gastric fluid of a spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6712. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6765.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-04-09.
  • 🙆 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 genus.

Parent taxon: Ureaplasma Shepard et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Segawa T, Nakajima Y, Yamamoto K, Kishima S, Itou T. Ureaplasma ceti sp. nov. isolated from the gastric fluid of a spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6712. 🇯🇵

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