====== Mollicutes Taxonomy ======

===== What? =====
  * This website is dedicated to providing curated information of mollicutes taxonomy.
  * The class //Mollicutes// includes minute wall-less bacteria with small genomes (usually 0.5–1.5 Mb) and low G+C DNA content (from 23–40 mol%).
  * "Mollicutes" versus "mycoplasma"
    * Both terms are used interchangeably in practice in conversation and writing. However, scientifically, "mollicutes" covers more than "mycoplasma". To be accurate, //Mycoplasma// is a genus within the class //Mollicutes//, which is within the phylum //Mycoplasmatota//.


===== Why? =====
  * The class //Mollicutes// includes many pathogenic bacteria that are important to public health, veterinary medicine, aquaculture, and agriculture. Some of the recent taxonomic revisions proposed have created confusion among stakeholders.
  * **This site was created to clarify the nomenclature of //Mollicutes// and prevent further confusion among stakeholders in response to multiple requests for clarification received in recent years.**
  * The Subcommittee is committed to meeting the needs of the International //Mollicutes// community and encourage the adoption of the names listed on this website. The Subcommittee have written to [[https://lpsn.dsmz.de/|LPSN]] and [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/|NCBI]] to request the [[list_of_names|names]] adopted by the community are used.   

===== Who? =====
  * This website is maintained by the Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Mollicutes, [[http://www.the-icsp.org/|International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes (ICSP)]]
  * Members of the Subcommittee
    * Gail Gasparich; USA [<color #0000ff>Chair</color>]
    * Mitchell Balish; USA [<color #0000ff>Secretary</color>]
    * Assunta Bertaccini; Italy
    * Alain Blanchard; France
    * Ludwig Hölzle; Germany
    * Peter Kuhnert; Switzerland
    * Chih-Horng Kuo; Taiwan
    * Lucia Manso-Silvan; France
    * Meghan May; USA
    * Ana Sofía Ramírez; Spain
    * Yuko Sasaki; Japan
    * Joachim Spergser; Austria
    * Owen B. Spiller; UK
    * Emma L. Sweeney; Australia
    * Dmitriy Volokhov; USA 
    * Wei Wei; USA
  * The organization and functions of this subcommittees is according to the on Article 6 of the [[https://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.003117|ICSP Statutes]]. Particularly:
    * 6(b).5.3. Make recommendations regarding classification of the organisms in the taxa under study. A Subcommittee on Taxonomy cannot legislate on classification but may contribute materially towards the general acceptance of a classification. 
    * 6(b).5.4. Make recommendations to the Judicial Commission regarding nomenclature for the organisms in the taxa under study, including recommendations for the conservation or rejection of names. 
    * 6(b).5.5. Offer advice on recognition of the nomenclatural types of various taxa. 
    * 6(b).5.7. Recommend minimal standards for the description of new taxa. 
    * 6(b).5.8. Maintain a list of validly published and other names that have been applied to the organisms in the taxa under study.