Name: "Candidatus Nanosynbacteraceae" McLean et al. 2020

Category: Family

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Na.no.syn.bac.te.ra’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Nanosynbacter, a Candidatus genus name; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Nanosynbacteraceae, the Candidatus Nanosynbacter family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: na-no-syn-bak-te-RA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: "Candidatus Nanosynbacter" McLean et al. 2020

Original 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. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no pro-standing)

Correct name: Nanosynbacteraceae Hendrickson et al. 2026

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Nanosynbacteraceae Hendrickson et al. 2026	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this family to the order "Candidatus Saccharimonadales" corrig. Lemos et al. 2019. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺
  • 🧕 Parte et al. (2020) assigned this family to the order "Candidatus Nanogingivalales" corrig. McLean et al. 2020. 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. 🇩🇪
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Nanosynbacteraceae 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).

Parent taxon: Nanosynbacterales Hendrickson et al. 2026

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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