Name: Mycoplasmoides Gupta et al. 2018

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: My.co.plas.mo’i.des N.L. neut. n. Mycoplasma, a bacterial genus; Gr. adj. suff. -oides, ressembling; N.L. neut. n. Mycoplasmoides, a genus resembling Mycoplasma

Gender: neuter

Type species: Mycoplasmoides pneumoniae (Somerson et al. 1963) Gupta et al. 2018

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Mycoplasmoidaceae Gupta et al. 2018. 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.
  • Nomenclatural type of the order Mycoplasmoidales Gupta et al. 2018. 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.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Somerson NL, Taylor-Robinson D, Chanock RM. Hemolyin production as an aid in the identification and quantitation of Eaton agent (Mycoplasma pneumoniae). Am J Hyg 1963; 77:122-128.
  • 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.
  • See also Gupta and Oren (2020). 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.
  • The distinct name Mycoplasmopsis from the same publication has a similar spelling. Publication: Angell RC, Freund GE, Willett P. Automatic spelling correction using a trigram similarity measure. Information Processing & Management 1983; 19:255-261.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 10

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Mycoplasmoides alvi (Gourlay et al. 1977) Gupta et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
    "Mycoplasmoides amphoriforme" (Pitcher et al. 2005) Gupta et al. 2018	not validly published
    "Mycoplasmoides cavipharyngis" (Hill 1989) Gupta et al. 2018	not validly published
    Mycoplasmoides fastidiosum (Lemcke and Poland 1980) Gupta et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
    Mycoplasmoides gallisepticum (Edward and Kanarek 1960) Gupta et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
    Mycoplasmoides genitalium (Tully et al. 1983) Gupta et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
    "Mycoplasmoides imitans" (Bradbury et al. 1993) Gupta et al. 2018	not validly published
    Mycoplasmoides pirum (Del Giudice et al. 1985) Gupta et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
    Mycoplasmoides pneumoniae (Somerson et al. 1963) Gupta et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
    "Mycoplasmoides testudinis" (Hill 1985) Gupta et al. 2018	not validly published

Parent taxon: Mycoplasmoidaceae 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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