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Taxon: Genus Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980) nom. cons. (prokaryote)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Bacillati - (Phylum) Mycoplasmatota - (Class) Mollicutes - (Order) Mycoplasmatales - (Family) Mycoplasmataceae

Subsequent positions

Aphragmabacteria (Phylum) Margulis and Schwartz 1982 nom. ined. Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 30. [assumed]

Current position

Mycoplasmataceae (Family) Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980) Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2007: 317; LPSN[26 Mar 2026].

Alternative positions

Aphragmabacteria (Phylum) Margulis and Schwartz 1982 nom. ined. Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 90. [rough position]

Historical positions

Mycoplasmataceae (Family) Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980) Ref: J.P. Euzéby, 2016: [13 Sep 2017]. [available name]
Mycoplasmataceae (Family) Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980) Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2007: 317.
Mycoplasmataceae (Family) Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980) Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2001b: 18.
Mycoplasmataceae (Family) Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980) Ref: G.M. Garrity & J.G. Holt, 2001a: 162.
Aphragmabacteria (Phylum) Margulis and Schwartz 1982 nom. ined. Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 90. [rough position]
Mollicutes (Class) Edward and Freundt 1967 (Approved Lists 1980) Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: table 2 (p. 219). [rough position]
Aphragmabacteria (Phylum) Margulis and Schwartz 1982 nom. ined. Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 30. [rough position]
Mycoplasmataceae (Family) Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980) Ref: S. Razin, 1982: 42.

Number of Subtaxa

2026 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 126s;4ss
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 18 Apr 2015 [126s;4ss]
2007 G.M. Garrity et al. [117s;4ss]
1982 S. Razin >50s
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