Name: "Candidatus Magnetominusculus" Lin et al. 2017

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Ma.gne.to.mi.nus’cu.lus. Gr. masc. n. Magnês (gen. Magnêtos), pertaining to a magnet; L. masc. adj. minusculus, rather small; N.L. masc. n. Magnetominusculus, a rather small magnetic organism

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Magnetominuscul-), ma-n͡gne-to-mi-NUS-ku-lus

Type species: "Candidatus Magnetominusculus xianensis" Lin et al. 2017

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lin W, Paterson GA, Zhu Q, Wang Y, Kopylova E, Li Y, Knight R, Bazylinski DA, Zhu R, Kirschvink JL, et al. Origin of microbial biomineralization and magnetotaxis during the Archean. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:2171-2176.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: 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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Magnetominusculus dajiuhuensis" Goswami et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Magnetominusculus xianensis" Lin et al. 2017	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: Nitrospiraceae Garrity and Holt 2022

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: 22259