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Phylum "Tenericutes"
Name: "Tenericutes" (Murray 1984) Brown 2010
Etymology: Te.ne.ri’cu.tes. L. masc. adj. tener, tender; L. fem. n. cutis, skin; N.L. fem. pl. n. Tenericutes, prokaryotes of a soft pliable nature indicative of a lack of a rigid cell wall
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: te-ne-RI-ku-tes, feminine
Type order: Mycoplasmatales Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)
Original publication:
Brown DR. Phylum XVI. Tenericutes Murray 1984a, 356VP (Effective publication: Murray 1984b, 33.). 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. 567. 
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Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)
Correct name: Mycoplasmatota Murray 2021
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Mollicutota" Whitman et al. 2018 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
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Notes:
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🧒 Krieg et al. (2010) assigned the class Mollicutes Edward and Freundt 1967 (Approved Lists 1980) to this phylum.
Publication:
Paster BJ. Class I. Spirochaetia class. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, et al. (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. The Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes, Tenericutes (Mollicutes), Acidobacteria, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Dictyoglomi, Gemmatimonadetes, Lentisphaerae, Verrucomicrobia, Chlamydiae, and Planctomycetes, vol. 4, 2nd ed., Springer, New York, 2010, p. 471-563. 🇺🇸
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🧒 Skennerton et al. (2016) assigned the genus "Candidatus Izemoplasma" corrig. Skennerton et al. 2016 to this phylum.
Publication:
Skennerton CT, Haroon MF, Briegel A, Shi J, Jensen GJ, Tyson GW, Orphan VJ. Phylogenomic analysis of Candidatus 'Izimaplasma' species: free-living representatives from a Tenericutes clade found in methane seeps. ISME J 2016; 10:2679-2692.
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🧒 Zheng et al. (2021) assigned the class "Candidatus Izemoplasma" Zheng et al. 2021 to this phylum.
Publication:
Zheng R, Liu R, Shan Y, Cai R, Liu G, Sun C. Characterization of the first cultured free-living representative of Candidatus Izemoplasma uncovers its unique biology. ISME J 2021; 15:2676-2691. 🇨🇳
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Tenercutes"; "Teneriicutes"; "Teneriquetes"; "Tenevicutes"; "Terenicutes".
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🧍 The formation of this name was discussed in Judicial Opinion 129.
Publication:
Arahal et al. Judicial Opinion No. 129. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6064.
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🧒 Krieg et al. (2010) assigned the class Mollicutes Edward and Freundt 1967 (Approved Lists 1980) to this phylum.
Publication:
Paster BJ. Class I. Spirochaetia class. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, et al. (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. The Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes, Tenericutes (Mollicutes), Acidobacteria, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Dictyoglomi, Gemmatimonadetes, Lentisphaerae, Verrucomicrobia, Chlamydiae, and Planctomycetes, vol. 4, 2nd ed., Springer, New York, 2010, p. 471-563.
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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