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

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. pref. a-, not, without (inseparable prefix); Gr. fem. 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 (stem: Acholeplasmat-)

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

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
    Alteracholeplasma Watanabe et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Paracholeplasma Watanabe et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Haploplasma Watanabe et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Tullyiplasma" Gupta et al. 2019	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Sapromyces" Sabin 1941	homotypic 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.
  • Cavalier-Smith (1981) assigned this genus to the subkingdom "Eubacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1981. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. Eukaryote kingdoms: seven or nine? Biosystems 1981; 14:461-481.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Sapromyces" Sabin 1941. Publication: Sabin AB. THE FILTRABLE MICROORGANISMS OF THE PLEUROPNEUMONIA GROUP: (Appendix to Section on Classification and Nomenclature). Bacteriol Rev 1941; 5:331-335.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Acfwleplasma"; "Achloplasma"; "Achofeplusma"; "Achokplasma"; "Acholcplasma"; "Acholephma"; "Acholeplasina"; "Acholeplasmu"; "Acholeplasnia"; "Acholeplasrna"; "Acholeplasua"; "Acholeplusma"; "Acholeplusmu"; "Acholeplusrna"; "Acholesplasma"; "Acholoplasma"; "Achopeplasma"; "Aclioleplusmu"; "Aclmleplasma"; "Aclroleplastna"; "Acoleplasma"; "Aeholcplasma"; "Aholeplasma"; "Alcholeplasma"; "Arholeplasma".
  • 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: 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: 20; NCTC: 14; NBRC: 4; IFO: 2; DSM: 2; CIP: 2.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "ACPL" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

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 under the ICNP	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 under the ICNP	correct name
    Acholeplasma cavigenitalium Hill 1992	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acholeplasma entomophilum Tully et al. 1988	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Acholeplasma equifetale Kirchoff 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acholeplasma equirhinis Volokhov et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acholeplasma florum McCoy et al. 1984	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Acholeplasma granularum (Switzer 1964) Edward and Freundt 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acholeplasma hippikon Kirchoff 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acholeplasma laidlawii (Sabin 1941) Edward and Freundt 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acholeplasma modicum Leach 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acholeplasma morum Rose et al. 1980	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acholeplasma multilocale Hill et al. 1992	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acholeplasma oculi Al-Aubaidi et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Acholeplasma oculusi" al-Aubaidi et al. 1973	not validly published
    Acholeplasma palmae Tully et al. 1994	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acholeplasma parvum Atobe et al. 1983	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acholeplasma pleciae (Tully et al. 1994) Knight 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acholeplasma seiffertii Bonnet et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Acholeplasma vituli Angulo et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	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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