Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.27377

Name

Asterococcus Borrel et al. 1910

Taxonomic Rank

genus

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
family	Mycoplasmataceae Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Gupta et al. 2019

Members

species	Asterococcus mycoides Borrel et al. 1910

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this genus within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Mycoplasmatota corrig. Murray 2021
class Mollicutes Edward and Freundt 1967 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Gupta et al. 2019
order Mycoplasmatales Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Gupta et al. 2019
family Mycoplasmataceae Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Gupta et al. 2019
genus Asterococcus Borrel et al. 1910

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the genus Asterococcus Borrel et al. 1910. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.27377.

Source File

10.1601/tx.27377.xml


This information was last reviewed on January 18, 2017.

References

Borrel A, Dujardin-Beaumetz E, Jeantet P, Jouan C. Le Microbe de la péripneumonie. Ann Inst Pasteur (Paris) 1910; 24:168-179.
Judicial Commission. Opinion 22. Status of the Generic Name Asterococcus and Conservation of the Generic Name Mycoplasma. Int Bull Bacteriol Nomencl Taxon 1958; 8:166-168. https://doi.org/10.1099/0096266X-8-3-4-166.