Name: Spiroplasmataceae (ex Skripal 1974) Skripal 1983

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Spiroplasma, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Spiroplasmataceae, the Spiroplasma family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Spiroplasma Saglio et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)

Valid publication: Skripal' IG. Revival of the name Spiroplasmataceae fam. nov., nom. rev., omitted from the 1980 Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:408.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Spiroplasmataceae" Skripal 1974	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Tully et al. (1993) assigned this family to the order Entomoplasmatales Tully et al. 1993. Publication: Tully JG, Bové JM, Laigret F, Whitcomb RF. Revised taxonomy of the class Mollicutes: proposed elevation of a monophyletic cluster of arthropod-associated mollicutes to ordinal rank (Entomoplasmatales ord. nov.), with provision for familial rank to separate species with nonhelical morphology (Entomoplasmataceae fam. nov.) from helical species (Spiroplasmataceae), and emended descriptions of the order Mycoplasmatales, family Mycoplasmataceae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:378-385.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Spirophmataceae"; "Spiroplasmaiaceae".
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Bradbury JM. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of mollicutes. Minutes of the interim meetings, 13 and 19 July 2000, Fukuoka, Japan. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2001; 51:2227-2230.
  • 🧔 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.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Johansson KE. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Mollicutes. Minutes of the meetings, 21 and 28 July 1998, Sydney, Australia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1393-1397.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 37; DSM: 32; NBRC: 2; CIP: 2; CAIM: 1; NCPPB: 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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Mariplasma" Ohdera et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Spiroplasma Saglio et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Mycoplasmatales Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: 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.

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Record number: 1312