Name: Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capricolum (Tully et al. 1974) Leach et al. 1993

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov. (rule 40d)

Basonym: Mycoplasma capricolum Tully et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: ca.pri.co.lum. L. masc. n. caper (gen. capri), the male goat; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, dwelling; from L. inf. v. incolere, to dwell or abide in a place, to inhabit; N.L. neut. adj. capricolum, dwelling in a male goat

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 27343; California kid; CIP 104620; NCTC 10154

See detailed strain information at

Valid publication: Leach RH, Erno H, MacOwan KJ. Proposal for designation of F38-type caprine mycoplasmas as Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae subsp. nov. and consequent obligatory relegation of strains currently classified as M. capricolum (Tully, Barile, Edward, Theodore, and Erno 1974) to an additional new subspecies, M. capricolum subsp. capricolum subsp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:603-605.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 43, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:866.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae Leach et al. 1993 according to rule 40d. Publication: Leach RH, Erno H, MacOwan KJ. Proposal for designation of F38-type caprine mycoplasmas as Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae subsp. nov. and consequent obligatory relegation of strains currently classified as M. capricolum (Tully, Barile, Edward, Theodore, and Erno 1974) to an additional new subspecies, M. capricolum subsp. capricolum subsp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:603-605.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: Yes - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PV". — 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.
  • 🧍 The original authorship, Tully et al. 1974, was corrected according to the new Rule 40d. Publication: Garrity GM, Labeda DP, Oren A. Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. XIIth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Minutes of the meetings, 3, 4 and 6 August 2008, Istanbul, Turkey. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2011; 61:2775-2780.

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma capricolum Tully et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Leach RH, Erno H, MacOwan KJ. Proposal for designation of F38-type caprine mycoplasmas as Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae subsp. nov. and consequent obligatory relegation of strains currently classified as M. capricolum (Tully, Barile, Edward, Theodore, and Erno 1974) to an additional new subspecies, M. capricolum subsp. capricolum subsp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:603-605.

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