Name: Mycoplasmoidales Gupta et al. 2018

Category: Order

Proposed as: ord. nov.

Etymology: My.co.plas.mo.i.da’les. N.L. neut. n. Mycoplasmoides, the type genus of the order; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Mycoplasmoidales, the order whose nomenclatural type is the genus Mycoplasmoides

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Mycoplasmoides Gupta et al. 2018

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 under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Anulomycetales" Sabin 1941	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Borrelomycetales" Turner 1935	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Gupta et al. (2018) assigned the family Mycoplasmataceae Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980) to this order. 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.
  • 🧒 Gupta et al. (2018) assigned the genus Mycoplasmoides Gupta et al. 2018 to this order. 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.
  • 🧒 Kawato et al. (2024) assigned the family "Candidatus Hepatoplasmataceae" Chuvochina et al. 2023 to this order. Publication: Kawato S, Nozaki R, Kondo H, Hirono I. Metagenome-assembled genomes of three Hepatoplasmataceae provide insights into isopod-mollicute symbiosis. Access Microbiol 2024; 6:0.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Mycoplasmpoidales".
  • 🧔 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.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 123; NCTC: 101; DSM: 39; CIP: 29; NBRC: 24; IFO: 24; CCUG: 3.
  • 🧍 See also Gupta and Oren (2020). The Request by Balish et al. (2019) was denied in Opinion 122 because it was concluded that the Request was based on a misinterpretation of the Code. 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Anulomycetaceae" Sabin 1941	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    "Borrelomycetaceae" Turner 1935	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Metamycoplasmataceae Gupta et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Mycoplasmoidaceae Gupta et al. 2018	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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