Name: "Candidatus Gracilibacteria" Yakimov et al. 2022

Category: Class

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: N.L. neut. pl. n. bacteria, plural of bacterium; N.L. neut. pl. n. Gracilibacteria, name not formed from name of nomenclatural type

Gender: neuter

Type genus: "Candidatus Altimarinus" Rinke et al. 2013

Original publication: Yakimov MM, Merkel AY, Gaisin VA, Pilhofer M, Messina E, Hallsworth JE, Klyukina AA, Tikhonova EN, Gorlenko VM. Cultivation of a vampire: 'Candidatus Absconditicoccus praedator'. Environ Microbiol 2022; 24:30-49.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 2

Parent taxon: Minisyncoccota Nakajima et al. 2025

Assigned by: Nakajima M, Nakai R, Hirakata Y, Kubota K, Satoh H, Nobu MK, Narihiro T, Kuroda K. Minisyncoccus archaeiphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic, obligate parasitic bacterium and proposal of Minisyncoccaceae fam. nov., Minisyncoccales ord. nov., Minisyncoccia class. nov. and Minisyncoccota phyl. nov. formerly referred to as Candidatus Patescibacteria or candidate phyla radiation. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6668.

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Record number: 39013
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