Name: Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. capri (Edward 1953) Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Asterococcus mycoides subsp. capri" Edward 1953

Etymology: ca.pri. L. masc. n. caper (gen. capri), goat; L. gen. masc. n. capri, of the goat

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CIP 71.25; DSM 22061; NCTC 10137; PG3

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U26037 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Freundt EA. The classification of the pleuropneumonia group of organisms (Borrelomycetales). International Bulletin of Bacteriological Nomenclature and Taxonomy 1955; 5:67-78.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Asterococcus mycoides subsp. capri" Edward 1953	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Emendations:
  • Manso-Silván et al. 2009 Manso-Silvan L, Vilei EM, Sachse K, Djordjevic SP, Thiaucourt F, Frey J. Mycoplasma leachii sp. nov. as a new species designation for Mycoplasma sp. bovine group 7 of Leach, and reclassification of Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides LC as a serovar of Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. capri. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1353-1358. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2131-2132.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 Manso-Silván et al. 2009, propose to reclassify Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides LC (large colony) as a serovar of Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. capri.

• Notes:
  • 😷 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". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "default: 1 Animal classification RG: 3 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: Yes; PG3: 1 Animal classification RG: 3 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: Yes". — 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 = "t3".
  • 🧍 The Subcommittee on the taxonomy of mollicutes favoured the combination of Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. capri and Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides LC (large colony) strains into one taxon since the LC strains are more closely related to Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. capri than to the SC (small colony) strains of Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides. These reassignments would have nomenclatural consequences. One possible solution would be to propose the combination of Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. capri and Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides LC into the single taxon "Mycoplasma capri". As a consequence Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides SC might become simply Mycoplasma mycoides although the possible regulatory complications of these reassignments should be very carefully considered. Publication: Bradbury JM. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of mollicutes. Minutes of the interim meetings, 13 and 19 July 2000, Fukuoka, Japan. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2001; 51:2227-2230.

Parent taxon: Mycoplasma mycoides (Borrel et al. 1910) Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Freundt EA. The classification of the pleuropneumonia group of organisms (Borrelomycetales). International Bulletin of Bacteriological Nomenclature and Taxonomy 1955; 5:67-78.

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