Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.10887

Name

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

Taxonomic Rank

species

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
genus	Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Gupta et al. 2018

Members

subspecies	Mycoplasma capricolum capricolum (Tully et al. 1974) Leach et al. 1993
subspecies	Mycoplasma capricolum capripneumoniae Leach et al. 1993

Type Strain

representative organism

California kid^T (=ATCC 27343 =NCTC 10154)

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this species within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Mycoplasmatota corrig. Murray 2021
class Mollicutes Edward and Freundt 1967 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Gupta et al. 2019
order Mycoplasmatales Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Gupta et al. 2019
family Mycoplasmataceae Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Gupta et al. 2019
genus Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Gupta et al. 2018
species Mycoplasma capricolum Tully et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Non-Type Exemplars

Digital Object Identifier	Strain Equivalence
10.1601/ex.16734
10.1601/ex.16033	959

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the species Mycoplasma capricolum Tully et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980). Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.10887.

Source File

10.1601/tx.10887.xml


This information was last reviewed on October 11, 2017.

References

Tully JG, Barile MF, Edward DG, Theodore TS, Erno H. Characterization of some caprine mycoplasmas, with proposals for new species, Mycoplasma capricolum and Mycoplasma putrefaciens. J Gen Microbiol 1974; 85:102-120. https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-85-1-102 [PubMed].
Leach RH, Ernø 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 Ernø 1974) to an additional new subspecies, M. capricolum subsp. capricolum subsp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:603-605. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-43-3-603 [PubMed].