[organisms] see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990 stat. inval. see Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 2024
     Phylum Firmicutes (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Garrity and Holt 2001 stat. inval. see Phylum Bacillota Gibbons and Murray 2021
       Class Mollicutes Edward and Freundt 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)
         Order Mycoplasmatales Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)
           Family Mycoplasmataceae Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)
             Genus Mycoplasma Nowak 1929 (Approved Lists 1980) nom. cons.
               [Mycoplasma capricolum] Tully et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
                 Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capricolumᵀ (Tully et al. 1974) Leach et al. 1993