Name: "Candidatus Saccharimonadaceae" Lemos et al. 2019

Category: Family

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Sac.cha.ri.mo.na.da’ce.ae. N.L. fem. n. Saccharimonas, a Candidatus genus name; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Saccharimonadaceae, the Candidatus Saccharimonas family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sak-kha-ri-mo-na-DA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: "Candidatus Saccharimonas" Albertsen et al. 2013

Original 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. 🇧🇷

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)

Subdivision:

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: 9

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Nanogingivalales" corrig. McLean et al. 2020

Assigned by: 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. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 9061
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