Name: Metamycoplasmataceae Gupta et al. 2018

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Me.ta.my.co.plas.ma.ta.ce’ae. N.L. neut. n. Metamycoplasma, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Metamycoplasmataceae, the family whose nomenclatural type is the genus Metamycoplasma

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Metamycoplasma Gupta et al. 2018

Effective publication: 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.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 184. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3379-3393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Anulomycetaceae" Sabin 1941	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Borrelomycetaceae" Turner 1935	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Metamyoplasmataceae".
  • 🧔 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 closed meeting, 8 July 2018, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2169-2171.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.06226 (N = 3).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 98; NCTC: 81; DSM: 26; IFO: 21; NBRC: 21; CIP: 19; CCUG: 2.
  • 🧍 See also Gupta and Oren (2020). The Request by Balish et al. (2019) was denied in Opinion 122 because it was concluded that the Request was based on a misinterpretation of the Code. Publication: Gupta RS, Oren A. Necessity and rationale for the proposed name changes in the classification of Mollicutes species. Reply to: 'Recommended rejection of the names Malacoplasma gen. nov., Mesomycoplasma gen. nov., Metamycoplasma gen. nov., Metamycoplasmataceae fam. nov., Mycoplasmoidaceae fam. nov., Mycoplasmoidales ord. nov., Mycoplasmoides gen. nov., Mycoplasmopsis gen. nov. [Gupta, Sawnani, Adeolu, Alnajar and Oren 2018] and all proposed species comb. nov. placed therein', by M. Balish et al. (Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, 2019;69:3650-3653). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1431-1438.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Anulomyces" Wroblewski 1931	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    "Borrelomyces" Turner 1935	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Mesomycoplasma Gupta et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Metamycoplasma Gupta et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    [Micromyces]	preliminary entry that lacks crucial information
    Mycoplasmopsis Gupta et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Mycoplasmoidales Gupta et al. 2018

Assigned by: 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.

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