Name: "Mollicutota" Whitman et al. 2018

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

Etymology: Mol.li.cu.to’ta. N.L. neut. pl. n. Mollicutota, the phylum of the class Mollicutes

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: mol-li-ku-TO-ta, neuter

Type class: Mollicutes Edward and Freundt 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)

Original publication: Whitman WB, Oren A, Chuvochina M, da Costa MS, Garrity GM, Rainey FA, Rossello-Mora R, Schink B, Sutcliffe I, Trujillo ME, et al. Proposal of the suffix -ota to denote phyla. Addendum to 'Proposal to include the rank of phylum in the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:967-969. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Mycoplasmatota Murray 2021

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Tenericutes" (Murray 1984) Brown 2010	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Mycoplasmatota Murray 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Mollicutaeota" Oren et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🛺 The type class of this phylum has been placed in the phylum Mycoplasmatota Murray 2021. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056. 🇮🇱
  • 🚃 The type class of this phylum has alternatively been placed in the phylum "Firmicutes" (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Garrity and Holt 2001. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166. 🇺🇸
  • 🚃 The type class of this phylum has alternatively been placed in the phylum "Tenericutes" (Murray 1984) Brown 2010. Publication: Paster BJ. Phylum XV. Spirochaetes Garrity and Holt 2001. 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 (The Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes, Tenericutes (Mollicutes), Acidobacteria, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Dictyoglomi, Gemmatimonadetes, Lentisphaerae, Verrucomicrobia, Chlamydiae, and Planctomycetes), Springer, New York, NY, 2010, p. 471. 🇺🇸
  • 🚃 The type class of this phylum has alternatively been placed in the phylum "Tenericutes". Publication: Murray RGE. The higher taxa, or, a place for everything..? In: Krieg NR, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 1., The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1984, p. 31-34.
  • 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).

Parent taxon: Bacillati (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Oren and Göker 2024

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242. 🇩🇪

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