Recently, several bacterial name changes have occurred. Mycoplasma and Clostridium species are the most significant name changes. Several Mycoplasma were renamed to the genus Mycoplasmopsis including M. bovis, M. bovigenitalium, M. meleagridis and M. synoviae. However, Mycoplasma gallisepticum was renamed to the genus Mycoplasmoides gallisepticum. When receiving bacterial culture reports several of these new names have already been implemented. With the implementation of CoreOne for Labs, the WVDL has rename the reports where the test name includes the genus and species such as Mycoplasmopsis bovis bacterial culture and molecular diagnostic tests and various avian Mycoplasma serology tests to reflect the new names.
Former Genus and Species Current Genus and Species
Actinomyces canis Schaalia canis
Bacteroides vulgatus Phocaeicola vulgatus
Clostridium difficile Clostridioides difficile
Clostridium glycolicum Terrisporobacter glycolicus
Clostridium limosum Hathewaya limosa
Clostridium sordellii Paeniclostridium sordellii
Enterobacter aerogenes Klebsiella aerogenes
Facklamia ignava Falseniella ignava
Flavobacterium brevis Empedobacter brevis
Haemophilus parasuis Glaesserella parasuis
Ochrobactrum anthropic Brucella anthropic
Mycoplasma bovis Mycoplasmopsis bovis
Mycoplasma meleagridis Mycoplasmopsis meleagridis
Mycoplasma synoviae Mycoplasmopsis synoviae
Mycoplasma gallisepticum Mycoplasmoides gallisepticum
Propionibacterium acnes Cutibacterium acnes
Staphylococcus lentus Mammaliicoccus lentus
Staphylococcus sciuri Mammaliicoccus sciuri
Streptomyces sp. Actinomyces sp.