Name: "Candidatus Microsaccharimonas" corrig. Lemos et al. 2019
Category, proposed as: genus, 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
🧕 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