Mycoplasmatota

Mycoplasmatota
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Clade: Terrabacteria
Phylum: Mycoplasmatota
Murray 2021[1][2]
Classes[3]
Synonyms
  • "Aphragmabacteria" Margulis & Schwartz 1982
  • "Mollicutaeota" Oren et al. 2015
  • "Mollicutota" Whitman et al. 2018
  • "Tenericuteota" Panda, Islam & Sharma 2022
  • "Tenericutes" Murray 1984 ex Brown 2010

Mycoplasmatota is a phylum of bacteria that contains the class Mollicutes. The phylum was originally named "Tenericutes" (tener cutis: soft skin).[4][5][6] Notable genera include Mycoplasma, Spiroplasma, Ureaplasma, and Candidatus Phytoplasma.

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  2. ^ Oren A, Garrity GM (2021). "Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 71 (10): 5056. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.005056. PMID 34694987.
  3. ^ J.P. Euzéby. "Tenericutes". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. Archived from the original on 2013-01-27. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
  4. ^ Validation of the Publication of New Names and New Combinations ... Archived 2009-04-18 at the Wayback Machine Int. J. of Sust. Bact.; July 1984, p. 355–357
  5. ^ "Tenericutes". Taxonomy Browser. NCBI. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
  6. ^ Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. (2009). "Revised road map to the phylum Firmicutes". In De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. (eds.). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology (PDF). Vol. 3 (The Firmicutes) (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Springer–Verlag. ISBN 978-0-387-95041-9.Archived 2010-09-21 at the Wayback Machine