Mycoplasmoidales

Mycoplasmoidales
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Mycoplasmatota
Class: Mollicutes
Order:
Gupta et al. 2018

Mycoplasmoidales is an order of bacteria in the class Mollicutes. The order consists of the families Mycoplasmoidaceae (formerly the "pneumoniae" group) and Metamycoplasmataceae (formerly the "hominis" group).[1] It includes most human pathogens formerly classified in the genus Mycoplasma.[2]

  1. ^ "Order: Mycoplasmoidales". lpsn.dsmz.de.
  2. ^ Gupta, R.S.; Sawnani, S.; Adeolu, M.; Alnajar, S.; Oren, A. (2018). "Phylogenetic framework for the phylum Tenericutes based on genome sequence data: proposal for the creation of a new order Mycoplasmoidales ord. nov., containing two new families Mycoplasmoidaceae fam. nov. and Metamycoplasmataceae fam. nov. harbouring Eperythrozoon, Ureaplasma and five novel genera". Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 111 (9): 1583–1630. doi:10.1007/s10482-018-1047-3. PMID 29556819. S2CID 254226604.