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Family "Candidatus Phycocordibacteraceae"
Name: "Candidatus Phycocordibacteraceae" Jonas et al. 2025
Etymology: Phy.co.cor.di.bac.te.ra’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Phycocordibacter, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Phycocordibacteraceae, the Phycocordibacter family
Pronunciation, gender: phy-ko-kor-di-bak-te-RA-ke-a͡e, feminine
Type genus: "Candidatus Phycocordibacter" Jonas et al. 2025
Original publication:
Jonas L, Lee Y-Y, Bachvaroff T, Hill RT, Li Y. Two novel Patescibacteria: Phycocordibacter aenigmaticus gen. nov. sp. nov. and Minusculum obligatum gen. nov. sp. nov., both associated with microalgae optimized for carbon dioxide sequestration from flue gas. mBio 2025; 16:e0123125. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)
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Notes:
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🧍 The article mentions the SeqCode. This SeqCode is not an officially recognized code of nomenclature. In fact, the use of the SeqCode is officially discouraged. ICNP-compliant databases and publications are not allowed to use the SeqCode. The SeqCode deliberately and systematically violates the ICNP. The SeqCode attempts to undermine the scientific standard called "valid publication of the name of a prokaryote" by lowering the requirements compared to the ICNP, but using the same term and assigning it to names whose formation is indistinguishable from the one used by the ICNP. LPSN follows the ICNP and treats such names as not validly published.
Publication:
Goker M, Moore ERB, Oren A, Trujillo ME. Status of the SeqCode in the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5754.
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🧍 The article mentions the SeqCode. This SeqCode is not an officially recognized code of nomenclature. In fact, the use of the SeqCode is officially discouraged. ICNP-compliant databases and publications are not allowed to use the SeqCode. The SeqCode deliberately and systematically violates the ICNP. The SeqCode attempts to undermine the scientific standard called "valid publication of the name of a prokaryote" by lowering the requirements compared to the ICNP, but using the same term and assigning it to names whose formation is indistinguishable from the one used by the ICNP. LPSN follows the ICNP and treats such names as not validly published.
Publication:
Goker M, Moore ERB, Oren A, Trujillo ME. Status of the SeqCode in the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5754.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Minusculum" Jonas et al. 2025 not validly published preferred name "Candidatus Phycocordibacter" Jonas et al. 2025 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: "Candidatus Phycocordibacterales" Jonas et al. 2025
Assigned by:
Jonas L, Lee Y-Y, Bachvaroff T, Hill RT, Li Y. Two novel Patescibacteria: Phycocordibacter aenigmaticus gen. nov. sp. nov. and Minusculum obligatum gen. nov. sp. nov., both associated with microalgae optimized for carbon dioxide sequestration from flue gas. mBio 2025; 16:e0123125.
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Record number: 66046
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