Journal article
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
Abstract
The genus Mycoplasma, including species earlier classified in the genera Eperythrozoon and Haemobartonella, contains ~ 120 species and constitutes an extensively polyphyletic assemblage of bacteria within the phylum Tenericutes. Due to their small genome sizes and lack of unique characteristics, the relationships among the mycoplasmas/Tenericutes are not reliably discerned. Using genome sequences for 140 Tenericutes, their evolutionary …
Authors
Gupta RS; Sawnani S; Adeolu M; Alnajar S; Oren A
Journal
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Vol. 111, No. 9, pp. 1583–1630
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
9 2018
DOI
10.1007/s10482-018-1047-3
ISSN
0003-6072