Mycoplasmatota

Mycoplasmatota
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Clade:	Terrabacteria
Phylum:	Mycoplasmatota; Murray 2021
Classes
	"Candidatus Izemoplasma" corrig. Skennerton et al. 2016; Mollicutes Edward and Freundt 1967 (Approved Lists 1980);
Synonyms
	"Tenericutes" Murray 1984; "Mollicutota" Whitman et al. 2018; "Mollicutaeota" Oren et al. 2015;

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'.

References

^ Murray RGE (1984). "The higher taxa, or, a place for everything...?". In Krieg NR, Holt JG. (eds.). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. Vol. 1. Baltimore, MD: The Williams & Wilkins Co. pp. 31–34.
^ 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.
^ J.P. Euzéby. "Tenericutes". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. Archived from the original on 2013-01-27. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
^ 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
^ "Tenericutes". Taxonomy Browser. NCBI. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
^ 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 0-387-95041-9.Archived 2010-09-21 at the Wayback Machine