For classification and nomenclature of Mollicutes, there are special rules, which are maintained by the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes (ICSP) Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Mollicutes (formerly the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology (ICSB) Subcommittee on taxonomy of Mycoplasmatales).
Para a clasificación e nomencltura das especies hai regras especiais, ditadas polo Comité Internacional sobre Sistemática de Procariotas (ICSP) Subcomité sobre Taxonomía de Mollicutes (antes chamado Comité Internacional de Bacterioloxía Sistemática (ICSB) Subcomité sobre Taxonomía das Mycoplasmatales).