Name: Ureaplasma felinum Harasawa et al. 1990

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fe.li’num. L. neut. adj. felinum, of or belonging to a cat

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 49229; CIP 106090; DSM 24216; FT2-B; NCTC 11709

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16S rRNA gene: HM197716 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Harasawa R, Imada Y, Ito M, Koshimizu K, Cassell GH, Barile MF. Ureaplasma felinum sp. nov. and Ureaplasma cati sp. nov. isolated from the oral cavities of cats. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:45-51.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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

Assigned by: Harasawa R, Imada Y, Ito M, Koshimizu K, Cassell GH, Barile MF. Ureaplasma felinum sp. nov. and Ureaplasma cati sp. nov. isolated from the oral cavities of cats. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:45-51.

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Record number: 785135