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Taxon: Class Mollicutes Edward and Freundt 1967 (Approved Lists 1980) (prokaryote)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Bacillati - (Phylum) Mycoplasmatota

Subsequent positions

Endobacteria (Subdivision) Cavalier-Smith 2002 Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002a: tbl. 1 (p. 13). [assumed]
Endobacteria (Infraphylum) T. Cavalier-Smith 1998 Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: 219. [assumed]

Original entries

Entomoplasmatales (Order) Tully et al. 1993

Current position

Mycoplasmatota (Phylum) Murray 2021 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [25 Mar 2026]; LPSN[25 Mar 2026].

Alternative positions

Endobacteria (Infraphylum) T. Cavalier-Smith 1998 Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: 219. [new position]
Endobacteria (Subdivision) Cavalier-Smith 2002 Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002a: tbl. 1 (p. 13). [new position]
Firmicutes (Phylum) (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Garrity and Holt 2001 stat. inval. Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2007: 317 [Parks et al., 2017: fig. 2].
Mycoplasmas ([unranked]) Ref: S. Razin, 1982: 42.
Tenericutes (Phylum) (Murray 1984) Brown 2010 Ref: J.P. Euzéby, 2016: [31 Aug 2017].

Historical positions

Tenericutes (Phylum) (Murray 1984) Brown 2010 Ref: J.P. Euzéby, 2016: [31 Aug 2017].
Tenericutes (Phylum) (Murray 1984) Brown 2010 Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 7).
Firmicutes (Phylum) (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Garrity and Holt 2001 stat. inval. Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2007: 317.
Endobacteria (Subdivision) Cavalier-Smith 2002 Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002a: tbl. 1 (p. 13). [new position]
Firmicutes (Phylum) (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Garrity and Holt 2001 stat. inval. Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2001b: 18.
Firmicutes (Phylum) (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Garrity and Holt 2001 stat. inval. Ref: G.M. Garrity & J.G. Holt, 2001a: 133-134, 162.
Endobacteria (Infraphylum) T. Cavalier-Smith 1998 Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: table 2 (p. 219). [new position]
Tenericutes (Division) Murray 1984 Ref: N.R. Krieg & J.G. Holt, 1984-1989
Mycoplasmas ([unranked]) Ref: S. Razin, 1982: 42.

Number of Subtaxa

2026 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 6o;10f;37g;245s;4ss
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 20 May 2026 [6o;10f;37g]
2016 J.P. Euzéby: [13 Sep 2017] [5o;6f;11g]
2015b M.A. Ruggiero et al.: table 2 (p. 7) [5o]
2007 G.M. Garrity et al. [4o;6f;15g;226s;4ss]
2001b G.M. Garrity et al.: 18 [4o;6f;14g]
2001a G.M. Garrity & J.G. Holt: 162 [4o;6f;12g]
2000 4o6f12g
1982 S. Razin 1o3f6g>60s
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