Species ***Mycoplasma* *testudineum***

Name: Mycoplasma testudineum Brown et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tes.tu.din’e.um. L. neut. adj. testudineum, of or belonging to a tortoise

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 700618; BH29; MCCM 3231

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ666138 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Brown DR, Merritt JL, Jacobson ER, Klein PA, Tully JG, Brown MB. Mycoplasma testudineum sp. nov., from a desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) with upper respiratory tract disease. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1527-1529.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:3-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Mycoplasmopsis testudinea" (Brown et al. 2004) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published

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: 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t".
- 🎓 Name mentioned 20 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🧍 In the abstract, the type strain BH29 is cited as BH-29. — 🧍 In the summary, the type strain BH29 is cited as BH-29. 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 Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Brown DR, Merritt JL, Jacobson ER, Klein PA, Tully JG, Brown MB. Mycoplasma testudineum sp. nov., from a desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) with upper respiratory tract disease. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1527-1529.

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Species Mycoplasma testudineum

Species ***Mycoplasma* *testudineum***