Genus "Candidatus Phytoplasma"
Name: "Candidatus Phytoplasma" Firrao et al. 2004
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Phytoplasma, from phytos, Greek for plant and plasma, Greek for thing moulded
Gender: neuter (stem: Phytoplasmat-)
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Original publication:
The Irpcm Phytoplasma/Spiroplasma Working Team-Phytoplasma Taxonomy Group. 'Candidatus Phytoplasma', a taxon for the wall-less, non-helical prokaryotes that colonize plant phloem and insects. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1243-1255. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A. Candidatus list no. 4. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5545.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
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Notes:
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Krieg et al. (2010) assigned this genus to the order Acholeplasmatales Freundt et al. 1984.
Publication:
Krieg NR. Order I. Bacteroidales ord. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 25.
- This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Phytcoplasma"; "Phytoplamsa"; "Phytoplasm"; "Pmtoplasma"; "Pytoplasma".
- A nomenclatural type has not been designated.
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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.
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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.
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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, 3rd July 2016, Brisbane, Australia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2482-2484.
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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.
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This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.
Publication:
Firrao G, Brown DR. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Mollicutes: Minutes of the meetings, July 15th and 19th 2012, Toulouse, France. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2361-2364.
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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.
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See also Wei and Zhao (2022).
Publication:
Wei W, Zhao Y. Phytoplasma Taxonomy: Nomenclature, Classification, and Identification. Biology (Basel) 2022; 11:0.
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See Bertaccini et al. (2022) for taxonomic guidelines on the genus.
Publication:
Bertaccini A, Arocha-Rosete Y, Contaldo N, Duduk B, Fiore N, Montano HG, Kube M, Kuo CH, Martini M, Oshima K, et al. Revision of the 'Candidatus Phytoplasma' species description guidelines. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5353.
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Krieg et al. (2010) assigned this genus to the order Acholeplasmatales Freundt et al. 1984.
Publication:
Krieg NR. Order I. Bacteroidales ord. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 25.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 60
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Child taxa:
Parent taxon: Acholeplasmataceae Edward and Freundt 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Firrao G. The IRPCM Phytoplasma/Spiroplasma Working Team - Phytoplasma taxonomy group: ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma’, a taxon for the wall-less, non-helical prokaryotes that colonize plant phloem and insects. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2004; 54:1243-1255.
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