Name: Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae Leach et al. 1993

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: ca.pri.pneu.mo.ni.ae. L. fem. n. capra (gen. caprae), a goat; N.L. fem. n. pneumonia, disease of the lungs, pneumonia; N.L. gen. fem. n. capripneumoniae, of a pneumonia of a goat

Gender: neuter

Type strain: F38; NCTC 10192

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16S rRNA gene: M94728 Analyse FASTA

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: 3

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 3 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: Yes - Containment level: Containment Level 3". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 3, 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.
  • 🧍 Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae Leach et al. 1993 was previously known as the F38 group of mycoplasmas. 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 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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