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Class "Candidatus Saccharimonia"
Name: "Candidatus Saccharimonia" Lemos et al. 2019
Type order: "Candidatus Saccharimonadales" corrig. Lemos et al. 2019
Effective publication:
Lemos LN, Medeiros JD, Dini-Andreote F, Fernandes GR, Varani AM, Oliveira G, Pylro VS. Genomic signatures and co-occurrence patterns of the ultra-small Saccharimonadia (phylum CPR/Patescibacteria) suggest a symbiotic lifestyle. Mol Ecol 2019; 28:4259-4271. 
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: inaccurate spelling
Nomenclatural pro-status: inaccurate spelling
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 corrected spelling of name, pro-validly published under the ICNP "Candidatus Nanoperiodontomorbia" corrig. McLean et al. 2020 heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP "Candidatus Nanoperiomorbia" McLean et al. 2020 heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling "Candidatus Nanosyncoccalia" McLean et al. 2020 heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
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Notes:
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🧒 McLean et al. (2020) assigned the order "Candidatus Nanosynbacterales" 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.
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🚃 The type order of this class has alternatively been placed in the class "Candidatus Saccharimonadia" corrig. Lemos et al. 2019.
Publication:
Lemos LN, Medeiros JD, Dini-Andreote F, Fernandes GR, Varani AM, Oliveira G, Pylro VS. Genomic signatures and co-occurrence patterns of the ultra-small Saccharimonadia (phylum CPR/Patescibacteria) suggest a symbiotic lifestyle. Mol Ecol 2019; 28:4259-4271.
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🚋 The type order of this class has alternatively been placed in the class "Candidatus Saccharimonadia" corrig. Lemos et al. 2019.
Publication:
Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Saccharimona".
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🧒 McLean et al. (2020) assigned the order "Candidatus Nanosynbacterales" 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.
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: 28453
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