Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.4716

Name

Mycoplasma pneumoniae Somerson et al. 1963 (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

Type Strain

representative organism

Eaton Agent^T (=FH-LIU =FH =Eaton =ATCC 15531 =NCTC 10119 =BEI NR-3848)

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 pneumoniae Somerson et al. 1963 (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.16049	M129-B7 (=M129 =ATCC 29342)

Citation

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

Taxon Abstract for the species Mycoplasma pneumoniae Somerson et al. 1963 (Approved Lists 1980). Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.4716.

Source File

10.1601/tx.4716.xml


This information was last reviewed on September 5, 2018.

References

Somerson NL, Taylor-Robinson D, Chanock RM. Hemolyin production as an aid in the identification and quantitation of Eaton agent (Mycoplasma pneumoniae). Am J Hyg 1963; 77:122-128. [PubMed].