Name: Liberiplasmataceae Khomyakova et al. 2025

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Li.be.ri.plas.ma.ta’ce.ae. N.L. neut. n. Liberiplasma, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Liberiplasmataceae, the Liberiplasma family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: li-be-ri-plas-ma-TA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Liberiplasma Khomyakova et al. 2025

Effective publication: Khomyakova MA, Merkel AY, Novikov AA, Slobodkin AI. Liberiplasma polymorphum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel cell-wall-less free-living anaerobe, isolated from a terrestrial mud volcano, and proposal of Liberiplasmataceae fam. nov. and Liberiplasmatales ord. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126629. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 226. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6910.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: BIM: 1; VKM: 1; UQM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Liberiplasma Khomyakova et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Liberiplasmatales Khomyakova et al. 2025

Assigned by: Khomyakova MA, Merkel AY, Novikov AA, Slobodkin AI. Liberiplasma polymorphum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel cell-wall-less free-living anaerobe, isolated from a terrestrial mud volcano, and proposal of Liberiplasmataceae fam. nov. and Liberiplasmatales ord. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126629. 🇷🇺

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Record number: 66083