
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.4662
Name	Mycoplasma faucium Freundt et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	Freundt et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
Preferred Name	Metamycoplasma faucium
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.4662
Type Strain representative organism	DC-333^T (=DC 333 =DC333 =ATCC 25293 =NCTC 10174 =BEI NR-3854)


Proper Form	Mycoplasma faucium Freundt et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
Nomenclatural History	The species Mycoplasma faucium was originally described by Freundt et al. 1974. This name appeared on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980. In 2018, Gupta et al. established Mycoplasma faucium as the basonym of Metamycoplasma faucium (Freundt et al. 1974) Gupta et al. 2018 .

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Mycoplasma faucium Freundt et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980).April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.4662.
Source File	10.1601/nm.4662.xml


This information was last reviewed on November 15, 2017.

References

Freundt EA, Taylor-Robinson D, Purcell RH, Chanock RM, Black FT. Proposal of Mycoplasma buccale nom. nov. and Mycoplasma faucium nom. nov. for Mycoplasma orale 'Types' 2 and 3, respectively. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1974; 24:252-255. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-24-2-252.
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225.
Gupta RS, Sawnani S, Adeolu M, Alnajar S, Oren A. Phylogenetic framework for the phylum Tenericutes based on genome sequence data: proposal for the creation of a new order Mycoplasmoidales ord. nov., containing two new families Mycoplasmoidaceae fam. nov. and Metamycoplasmataceae fam. nov. harbouring Eperythrozoon, Ureaplasma and five novel genera. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2018; 111:1583-1630. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-018-1047-3 [PubMed].