Name: Minisyncoccaceae Nakajima et al. 2025

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Mi.ni.syn.coc.ca.ce’ae. N.L. masc. n. Minisyncoccus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Minisyncoccaceae, the family of the genus Minisyncoccus

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Minisyncoccus Nakajima et al. 2025

Valid publication: 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.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Minisyncoccaceae" Kuroda et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, not pro-validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Nakajima et al. (2025) assigned this family to the class Minisyncoccia Nakajima et al. 2025. Publication: 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.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 2.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Microsyncoccus" Kuroda et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name (not pro-correct name)
    Minisyncoccus Nakajima et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Minisyncoccus" Kuroda et al. 2024	not validly published	synonym (and no pro-standing)

Parent taxon: Minisyncoccales 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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