Biology:Tenericutes

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Short description: Phylum of bacteria

Tenericutes
Scientific classification
Domain:
(unranked):
Phylum:
Tenericutes

Murray 1984[1]
Class[2]

Mollicutes

Tenericutes (tener cutis: soft skin) is a phylum of bacteria that contains the class Mollicutes. The name was validated in 1984 as a new division (phylum).[3][4][5] Notable genera include Mycoplasma, Spiroplasma, Ureaplasma, and Phytoplasma.

References

  1. Murray, R.G.E. (1984). "The higher taxa, or, a place for everything...?" pp. 31-34. In N.R. Krieg and J.G. Holt (eds.) Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, vol. 1. The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore.
  2. J.P. Euzéby. "Tenericutes". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/classifphyla.html#Tenericutes. 
  3. Validation of the Publication of New Names and New Combinations ... Int. J. of Sust. Bact.; July 1984, p. 355-357
  4. "Tenericutes". Taxonomy Browser. NCBI. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Tree&id=544448. 
  5. Ludwig, W.; Schleifer, K.-H., and Whitman, W.B. (In press, release in 2009). "Revised road map to the phylum Firmicutes". In P. De Vos et al. (eds.) Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd ed., vol. 3 (The Firmicutes). Springer-Verlag, New York. ISBN:0-387-95041-9 Revised Road Map to the Phylum Firmicutes

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