Genus Acholeplasma

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

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. pref. a-, not, without; Gr. n. cholê, bile; Gr. neut. n. plasma, anything formed or moulded, image, figure; N.L. neut. n. Acholeplasma, intended to mean that cholesterol, a constituent of bile, is not required

Gender: neuter

Type species: Acholeplasma laidlawii (Sabin 1941) Edward and Freundt 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original 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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Tullyiplasma" Gupta et al. 2019	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- Nomenclatural type of the family Acholeplasmataceae Edward and Freundt 1970 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Edward DG, Freundt EA. Amended nomenclature for strains related to Mycoplasma laidlawii. J Gen Microbiol 1970; 62:1-2.
- Nomenclatural type of the order Acholeplasmatales Freundt et al. 1984. Publication: 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.
- The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus [Sapromyces]. Publication: Sabin AB. THE FILTRABLE MICROORGANISMS OF THE PLEUROPNEUMONIA GROUP: (Appendix to Section on Classification and Nomenclature). Bacteriol Rev 1941; 5:331-335.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 16
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 19
Total number of child taxa: 21

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Acholeplasma axanthum Tully and Razin 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
"Acholeplasma bactoclasticum" Robinson and Hungate 1973	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Acholeplasma brassicae Tully et al. 1994	validly published	correct name
Acholeplasma cavigenitalium Hill 1992	validly published	correct name
Acholeplasma entomophilum Tully et al. 1988	validly published	synonym
Acholeplasma equifetale Kirchoff 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
Acholeplasma equirhinis Volokhov et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
Acholeplasma florum McCoy et al. 1984	validly published	synonym
Acholeplasma granularum (Switzer 1964) Edward and Freundt 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
Acholeplasma hippikon Kirchoff 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
Acholeplasma laidlawii (Sabin 1941) Edward and Freundt 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
Acholeplasma modicum Leach 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
Acholeplasma morum Rose et al. 1980	validly published	correct name
Acholeplasma multilocale Hill et al. 1992	validly published	correct name
Acholeplasma oculi Al-Aubaidi et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
"Acholeplasma oculusi" al-Aubaidi et al. 1973	not validly published
Acholeplasma palmae Tully et al. 1994	validly published	correct name
Acholeplasma parvum Atobe et al. 1983	validly published	correct name
Acholeplasma pleciae (Tully et al. 1994) Knight 2004	validly published	correct name
Acholeplasma seiffertii Bonnet et al. 1991	validly published	synonym
Acholeplasma vituli Angulo et al. 2000	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Acholeplasmataceae Edward and Freundt 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

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

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