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 ===== What? =====
-  * This website is dedicated to provide curated information of mollicutes taxonomy.
+  * 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 correct, //Mycoplasma// is a genus within the class //Mollicutes//, which is within the phylum //Mycoplasmatota//.
+    * 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 2022 and 2023.**
+  * **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)]].
+  * 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
-    * Victoria Chalker [<color #0000ff>Chair</color>]; UK
+    * Gail Gasparich; USA [<color #0000ff>Chair</color>]
-    * Meghan May [<color #0000ff>Secretary</color>]; USA
+    * Mitchell Balish; USA [<color #0000ff>Secretary</color>]
-    * Mitchell Balish; USA
     * Assunta Bertaccini; Italy
     * Alain Blanchard; France
-    * Joachim Frey; Switzerland
-    * Gail Gasparich; USA
     * 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: