Name: Mycoplasmatota Murray 2021

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

Etymology: My.co.plas.ma.to’ta. N.L. neut. n. Mycoplasma, type genus of the phylum; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ota, ending to denote a phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n. Mycoplasmatota, the Mycoplasma phylum

Gender: neuter

Type genus: Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Valid publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5165.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Mollicutota" Whitman et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Tenericutes" (Murray 1984) Brown 2010	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Mollicutaeota" Oren et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned this phylum to the domain Bacteria Woese et al. 2024. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
  • 🧕 Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned this phylum to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.
  • 🧒 Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned the class "Candidatus Izemoplasma" Zheng et al. 2021 to this phylum. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.
  • 🧒 Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned the genus Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980) to this phylum. 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 authority of the taxon name (Murray) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Oren and Garrity).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 372; NCTC: 261; DSM: 134; CIP: 63; NBRC: 60; IFO: 52; CCUG: 8; CAIM: 1; NCPPB: 1; VKM: 1.

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
    Mollicutes Edward and Freundt 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

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

Assigned by: 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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Record number: 25904