Name: "Candidatus Microsaccharimonas" corrig. Lemos et al. 2019

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Mi.cro.sac.cha.ri’mo.nas. Gr. masc. adj. mikros, small (may keep -o); Gr. neut. n. sakcharon, a kind of sugar; L. fem. n. monas, a monad, unit; N.L. fem. n. Microsaccharimonas, a small sugar monad, a small monad that grows well in a sugar-rich environment

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Microsaccharimonad-), mi-kro-sak-k^ha-RI-mo-nas

Type species: "Candidatus Microsaccharimonas sossegonensis" corrig. Lemos et al. 2019

Effective 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. 🇧🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 2. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4671.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

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

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Saccharibacter" Lemos et al. 2019	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Hördt et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the family Acetobacteraceae (ex Henrici 1939) Gillis and De Ley 1980. Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus Saccharibacter" Lemos et al. 2019. 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. 🇧🇷

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: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Microsaccharimonas sossegonensis" corrig. Lemos et al. 2019	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Saccharimonadaceae" Lemos et al. 2019

Assigned by: 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. 🇧🇷

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