
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.4724
Name	Mycoplasma spermatophilum Hill 1991
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	Hill 1991
Preferred Name	Mycoplasma spermatophilum
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.4724
Type Strain representative organism	AH159^T (=ATCC 49695 =NCTC 11720 =CIP 105549)


Proper Form	Mycoplasma spermatophilum Hill 1991
Nomenclatural History	The species Mycoplasma spermatophilum was originally described and validly published by Hill 1991. In 2018, Gupta et al. established Mycoplasma spermatophilum as the basonym of Mycoplasmopsis spermatophila (Hill 1991) Gupta et al. 2018 .

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Mycoplasma spermatophilum Hill 1991.April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.4724.
Source File	10.1601/nm.4724.xml


This information was last reviewed on March 5, 2019.

References

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].
Hill AC. Mycoplasma spermatophilum, a new species isolated from human spermatozoa and cervix. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:229-233. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-41-2-229 [PubMed].