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Class "Candidatus Nanoperiodontomorbia"
Name: "Candidatus Nanoperiodontomorbia" corrig. McLean et al. 2020
Etymology: Na.no.pe.ri.o.don.to.mor’bi.a. N.L. masc. n. Nanoperiodontomorbus, a Candidatus genus; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ia, ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Nanoperiodontomorbia, the Candidatus Nanoperiodontomorbus order
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: na-no-pe-ri-o-don-to-MOR-bi-a, neuter
Type genus: "Candidatus Nanoperiodontomorbus" corrig. McLean et al. 2020
Effective publication:
McLean JS, Bor B, Kerns KA, Liu Q, To TT, Solden L, Hendrickson EL, Wrighton K, Shi W, He X. Acquisition and Adaptation of Ultra-small Parasitic Reduced Genome Bacteria to Mammalian Hosts. Cell Rep 2020; 32:107939. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 3. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5186.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP
Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Saccharimonadia" corrig. Lemos et al. 2019
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Candidatus Nanosyncoccia" corrig. McLean et al. 2020 heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP "Candidatus Saccharimonadia" corrig. Lemos et al. 2019 heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP "Candidatus Nanoperiomorbia" McLean et al. 2020 other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling "Candidatus Nanosyncoccalia" McLean et al. 2020 heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling "Candidatus Saccharimonia" Lemos et al. 2019 heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
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Notes:
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🧕 McLean et al. (2020) assigned this class to the phylum "Candidatus Saccharimonadota" corrig. Albertsen et al. 2013.
Publication:
McLean JS, Bor B, Kerns KA, Liu Q, To TT, Solden L, Hendrickson EL, Wrighton K, Shi W, He X. Acquisition and Adaptation of Ultra-small Parasitic Reduced Genome Bacteria to Mammalian Hosts. Cell Rep 2020; 32:107939. 🇺🇸
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🧒 McLean et al. (2020) assigned the order "Candidatus Nanoperiomorbales" McLean et al. 2020 to this class.
Publication:
McLean JS, Bor B, Kerns KA, Liu Q, To TT, Solden L, Hendrickson EL, Wrighton K, Shi W, He X. Acquisition and Adaptation of Ultra-small Parasitic Reduced Genome Bacteria to Mammalian Hosts. Cell Rep 2020; 32:107939. 🇺🇸
- ❗ "Candidatus Nanoperiodontomorbia" is the pro-correct name instead if this class is regarded as a separate class (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another class whose name is validly published and legitimate or pro-validly published and pro-legitimate and not rejected and has priority or pro-priority).
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🧕 McLean et al. (2020) assigned this class to the phylum "Candidatus Saccharimonadota" corrig. Albertsen et al. 2013.
Publication:
McLean JS, Bor B, Kerns KA, Liu Q, To TT, Solden L, Hendrickson EL, Wrighton K, Shi W, He X. Acquisition and Adaptation of Ultra-small Parasitic Reduced Genome Bacteria to Mammalian Hosts. Cell Rep 2020; 32:107939.
Parent taxon: Minisyncoccota Nakajima et al. 2025
Assigned by:
LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted.
It may or may not mention this taxon name. —
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: 28540
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