Name: Acholeplasmatales Freundt et al. 1984

Category: Order

Proposed as: ord. nov.

Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Acholeplasma, type genus of the order; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Acholeplasmatales, the Acholeplasma order

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Acholeplasma Edward and Freundt 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Valid 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.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this order to the subclass "Erysipelotrichidae" corrig. Cavalier-Smith 2020. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • Krieg et al. (2010) assigned the genus "Candidatus Phytoplasma" Firrao et al. 2004 to this order. 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 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.
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 29; NCTC: 20; NBRC: 6; DSM: 4; CIP: 4; IFO: 3.
  • In violation of Rules 15 and 21a, Freundt et al. 1984 designate also a type family, Acholeplasmataceae Edward and Freundt 1970 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Nomenclatural type of orders: corrections necessary according to Rules 15 and 21a of the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision), and designation of appropriate nomenclatural types of classes and subclasses. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:725-727.

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: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Acholeplasmataceae Edward and Freundt 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Mollicutes Edward and Freundt 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)

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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