Name: "Candidatus Minusculum" Jonas et al. 2025

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Mi.nus’cu.lum. N.L. neut. n. Minusculum, rather small, referring to the small genome size

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Minuscul-), mi-NUS-ku-lum

Type species: "Candidatus Minusculum obligatum" Jonas et al. 2025

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

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)

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 Minusculum obligatum" Jonas et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Phycocordibacteraceae" 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: 66223