Corrigendum: Phylogenomics and Comparative Genomic Studies Robustly Support Division of the Genus into an Emended Genus and Four Novel Genera.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.

A phylogenomic and molecular markers based taxonomic framework for members of the order Entomoplasmatales: proposal for an emended order Mycoplasmatales containing the family Spiroplasmataceae and emended family Mycoplasmataceae comprised of six genera.

The "Spiroplasma cluster" is a taxonomically heterogeneous assemblage within the phylum Tenericutes encompassing different Entomoplasmatales species as well as the genus Mycoplasma, type genus of the order Mycoplasmatales. Within this cluster, the family Entomoplasmataceae contains two non-cohesive genera Entomoplasma and Mesoplasma with their members exhibiting extensive polyphyletic branching; additionally, the genus Mycoplasma is also embedded within this family. Genome sequences are now available for all 19 Entomoplasmataceae species with validly published names, as well as 6 of the 7 species from the genus Mycoplasma.

Phylogenomics and Comparative Genomic Studies Robustly Support Division of the Genus into an Emended Genus and Four Novel Genera.

The genus contains 188 species including several major human pathogens as well as numerous other environmental species. We report here comprehensive phylogenomics and comparative genomic analyses on 150 genomes of species to understand their interrelationships. Phylogenetic trees were constructed for the 150 species based on 1941 core proteins for the genus , 136 core proteins for the phylum Actinobacteria and 8 other conserved proteins.