Name: Acholeplasmataceae Edward and Freundt 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: A.cho.le.plas.ma.ta’ce.ae. N.L. neut. n. Acholeplasma, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Acholeplasmataceae, the Acholeplasma family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-k^ho-le-plas-ma-TA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Acholeplasma Edward and Freundt 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Edward DG, Freundt EA. Amended nomenclature for strains related to Mycoplasma laidlawii. J Gen Microbiol 1970; 62:1-2.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Sapromycetaceae" Sabin 1941	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Edward and Freundt (1970) assigned the genus "Tullyiplasma" to this family. Publication: Edward DG, Freundt EA. Amended nomenclature for strains related to Mycoplasma laidlawii. J Gen Microbiol 1970; 62:1-2.
  • 🚋 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Mycoplasmataceae Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Gupta RS, Son J, Oren A. A phylogenomic and molecular markers based taxonomic framework for members of the order Entomoplasmatales: proposal for an emended order Mycoplasmatales containing the family Spiroplasmataceae and emended family Mycoplasmataceae comprised of six genera. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2019; 112:561-588. 🇨🇦
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: May M, Brown DR. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Mollicutes: minutes of the meetings (closed and open), 1 and 5 June 2014, Blumenau SC, Brazil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3904-3906. 🇺🇸
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 32; NCTC: 24; DSM: 9; NBRC: 7; CIP: 5; IFO: 4; UQM: 1; VKM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 11

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Acholeplasma Edward and Freundt 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alteracholeplasma Watanabe et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Haploplasma Watanabe et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Candidatus Mariniplasma" corrig. Mortzfeld et al. 2016	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Mariniplasma Watanabe et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Marinoplasma" Mortzfeld et al. 2016	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Paracholeplasma Watanabe et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Peloplasma Khomyakova et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Phytoplasma" Firrao et al. 2004	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Pluraplasma" Skripal and Yegorov 2007	not validly published	preferred name
    "Sapromyces" Sabin 1941	not validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Acholeplasmatales (Edward and Freundt 1970) Freundt et al. 1984

Assigned by: Freundt EA, Whitcomb RF, Barile MF, Razin S, And Tully JG. Proposal for Elevation of the Family Acholeplasmataceae to Ordinal Rank: Acholeplasmatales. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:346-349. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 14