Taxon DOI
10.1601/tx.4615
Name
 Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Gupta et al. 2018
Taxonomic Rank
genus
Methodology
Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]
Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)
Parent
Taxon RecordName Record
Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Gupta et al. 2019
Members
(Borrel et al. 1910) Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)
Del Giudice et al. 1995
(Wroblewski 1931) Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)
Brown et al. 2001
Leach 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)
Brown et al. 2001
Gourlay et al. 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)
Pitcher et al. 2005
Roberts 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)
Bradbury et al. 1988
Volokhov et al. 2020
Barker et al. 2011
Barile et al. 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)
(Sabin 1941) Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)
DaMassa et al. 1994
Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)
Leach 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)
(Hale et al. 1962) Askaa and Ernø 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)
Langford and Leach 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)
Freundt et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
Poveda et al. 1994
Jasper et al. 1981
Langford et al. 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)
Edward 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)
Tully et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
Hill 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)
Hill 1989
Möller Palau-Ribes et al. 2016
Rose et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)
Bradbury and Forrest 1984
(Schilling 1928) Neimark et al. 2005
Hill 1983
Jordan et al. 1982
Shimizu et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)
Shimizu et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)
Barile et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)
Neulinger et al. 2009
Panangala et al. 1993
DaMassa et al. 1994
Hill 1983
Kirchhoff et al. 1997
Rosendal 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)
Gourlay and Leach 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)
Tully et al. 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)
Kirchhoff et al. 1996
Tully et al. 1989
Volokhov et al. 2019
Kirchhoff 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)
Allam and Lemcke 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)
Watanabe et al. 2010
Poveda et al. 1994
Lemcke and Poland 1980
Freundt et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
Hill 1988
Heyward et al. 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)
Cole et al. 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)
Jores et al. 2015
Edward 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)
Meyling and Friis 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)
Jordan et al. 1982
Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)
Edward and Kanarek 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)
Jordan et al. 1982
Cole et al. 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)
Tully et al. 1983
Fettweis et al. 2014
Forrest and Bradbury 1984
Poveda et al. 1994
corrig. Watanabe et al. 2010
corrig. Harasawa et al. 2014
corrig. Millán et al. 2015
Sykes et al. 2005
corrig. Volokhov et al. 2011
(sic) Tagawa et al. 2008
Messick et al. 2002
(sic) Messick et al. 2002
Neimark et al. 2002
(sic) Messick et al. 2002
(sic) Maggi et al. 2013
(sic) Foley and Pedersen 2001
Neimark et al. 2002
(sic) Neimark et al. 2002
(sic) Hornok et al. 2009
Ziegler et al. 2019
(sic) Millán et al. 2015
(Freundt 1953) Edward 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)
Erickson et al. 1986
Maré and Switzer 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)
Switzer 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)
Ross and Karmon 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)
Brown et al. 2006
Bradbury et al. 1993
Hill 1993
Edward and Kanarek 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)
Jordan et al. 1982
Neimark et al. 2002
Rose et al. 1990
Kobayashi et al. 1997
Manso-Silván et al. 2009
(sic) Hill 1992
Hill 1992
(sic) Lian et al. 2019
Bradbury et al. 1983
Del Giudice et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
Williamson et al. 1990
Williamson et al. 1990
Edward 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)
Ramírez et al. 2020
Tully et al. 1990
Yamamoto et al. 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)
Brown et al. 2001
Volokhov et al. 2022
Volokhov et al. 2022
Madden et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
Kirchhoff et al. 1987
corrig. Rosendal 1974
Spergser et al. 2011
McGarrity et al. 1983
Salih et al. 1983
Spergser et al. 2021
Suárez-Pérez et al. 2012
(Sabin 1941) Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)
Rosendal 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)
Taylor-Robinson et al. 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)
Carmichael et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)
(Neitz et al. 1934) Neimark et al. 2004
Hill 1991
(Splitter 1950) Neimark et al. 2001
Lo et al. 1992
(sic) Giebel et al. 1991
corrig. Ruhnke and Madoff 1992
(sic) Giebel et al. 1991
Volokhov et al. 2022
Volokhov et al. 2022
Del Giudice et al. 1985
Somerson et al. 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)
Del Giudice et al. 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)
Volokhov et al. 2020
Jordan et al. 1982
(Sabin 1941) Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)
Tully et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
Neimark et al. 1998
Edward 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)
Fischer et al. 2021
Hill 1992
Williamson et al. 1990
Hill 1991
Edward 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)
Spergser et al. 2021
Forsyth et al. 1996
Gourlay et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)
Lemcke and Kirchhoff 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)
Olson et al. 1964 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Jordan et al. 1982
Spergser et al. 2022
Brown et al. 2004
Hill 1985
Ramírez et al. 2020
Yavari et al. 2017
(sic) Willi et al. 2006
Gourlay et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
(Adler and Ellenbogen 1934) Neimark et al. 2002
DaMassa et al. 1994
None 2015
Type Status
Taxonomy
The taxonomic placement of this genus within the root Universal Root.
  Woese et al. 1990
  (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
  corrig. Murray 2021
  Edward and Freundt 1967 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Gupta et al. 2019
  Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Gupta et al. 2019
  Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Gupta et al. 2019
  Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Gupta et al. 2018

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 Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Gupta et al. 2018. Retrieved . https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.4615.
Source File
This information was last reviewed on February 21, 2022.

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