Name: "Candidatus Nanosyncoccia" corrig. McLean et al. 2020

Category: Class

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Na.no.syn.coc’ci.a. N.L. masc. n. Nanosyncoccus, a Candidatus genus; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ia, ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Nanosyncoccia, the Candidatus Nanosyncoccus order

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: na-no-syn-KOK-ki-a, neuter

Type order: "Candidatus Nanosyncoccales" 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. 🇺🇸

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Nanosynbacteria Hendrickson et al. 2026

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Saccharimonadia" corrig. Lemos et al. 2019	heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP
    "Candidatus Nanosyncoccalia" McLean et al. 2020	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
    "Candidatus Saccharimonia" Lemos et al. 2019	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Nanosynbacteria Hendrickson et al. 2026	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Candidatus Nanoperiomorbia" McLean et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Candidatus Nanoperiodontomorbia" corrig. McLean et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 McLean et al. (2020) assigned the order "Candidatus Nanosyncoccales" 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 McLean et al. (2020) assigned the order "Candidatus Nanogingivalales" corrig. 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🛺 The type order of this class has been placed in the class Nanosynbacteria Hendrickson et al. 2026. Publication: Hendrickson EL, Bor B, He X, McLean JS. Nanosynbacter lyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., an ultrasmall, obligate epibiont bacterium and the proposal of Nanosynbacteraceae fam. nov., Nanosynbacterales ord. nov. and Nanosynbacteria class nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7162. 🇺🇸
  • ❗ "Candidatus Nanosyncoccia" 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).

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. — Hendrickson EL, Bor B, He X, McLean JS. Nanosynbacter lyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., an ultrasmall, obligate epibiont bacterium and the proposal of Nanosynbacteraceae fam. nov., Nanosynbacterales ord. nov. and Nanosynbacteria class nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7162. 🇺🇸

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