Name: "Candidatus Nanosynbacter" McLean et al. 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Na.no.syn.bac’ter. Gr. masc. n. nânos, a dwarf; Gr. prep. syn, together; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Nanosynbacter, a dwarf symbiotic rod

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Nanosynbacter-), na-no-syn-BAK-ter

Type species: "Candidatus Nanosynbacter lyticus" McLean et al. 2020

Effective publication: McLean JS, Bor B, Kerns KA, Liu Q, To TT, Solden L, Hendrickson EL, Wrighton K, Shi W, He X. Acquisition and Adaptation of Ultra-small Parasitic Reduced Genome Bacteria to Mammalian Hosts. Cell Rep 2020; 32:107939. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 3. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5186.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Nanosynbacter Hendrickson et al. 2026

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Nanosynbacter Hendrickson et al. 2026	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Candidatus Nanosynbacteraceae" McLean et al. 2020. Publication: McLean JS, Bor B, Kerns KA, Liu Q, To TT, Solden L, Hendrickson EL, Wrighton K, Shi W, He X. Acquisition and Adaptation of Ultra-small Parasitic Reduced Genome Bacteria to Mammalian Hosts. Cell Rep 2020; 32:107939. 🇺🇸
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order "Candidatus Nanosynbacterales" McLean et al. 2020. Publication: McLean JS, Bor B, Kerns KA, Liu Q, To TT, Solden L, Hendrickson EL, Wrighton K, Shi W, He X. Acquisition and Adaptation of Ultra-small Parasitic Reduced Genome Bacteria to Mammalian Hosts. Cell Rep 2020; 32:107939. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 McLean et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the order "Candidatus Nanosynbacterales" McLean et al. 2020. Publication: McLean JS, Bor B, Kerns KA, Liu Q, To TT, Solden L, Hendrickson EL, Wrighton K, Shi W, He X. Acquisition and Adaptation of Ultra-small Parasitic Reduced Genome Bacteria to Mammalian Hosts. Cell Rep 2020; 32:107939. 🇺🇸
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Nanosybacter".
  • ❗ "Candidatus Nanosynbacter" is the pro-correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published and legitimate or pro-validly published and pro-legitimate and not rejected and has priority or pro-priority).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 1.

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: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Nanosynbacter colneyensis" Gilroy et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Nanosynbacter gullae" Gilroy et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Nanosynbacter lyticus" McLean et al. 2020	not validly published	synonym
    "Candidatus Nanosynbacter norwichensis" Gilroy et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Nanosynbacter quadrami" Gilroy et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Nanosynbacteraceae Hendrickson et al. 2026

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Hendrickson EL, Bor B, He X, McLean JS. Nanosynbacter lyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., an ultrasmall, obligate epibiont bacterium and the proposal of Nanosynbacteraceae fam. nov., Nanosynbacterales ord. nov. and Nanosynbacteria class nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7162. 🇺🇸

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