Name: "Candidatus Nanosyncoccus" McLean et al. 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Na.no.syn.coc.cus. N.L. masc. n. coccus, grain; N.L. masc. n. Nanosyncoccus, a Candidatus genus

Gender: masculine (stem: Nanosyncocc-)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Original 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

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Candidatus Nanosyncoccaceae" 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 Nanosyncoccales" 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 Nanosyncoccales" 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: "Nanosynococcus".

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 Nanosyncoccus alces" McLean et al. 2020	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    "Candidatus Nanosyncoccus alcis" corrig. McLean et al. 2020	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Nanosyncoccus nanoralicus" McLean et al. 2020	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    "Candidatus Nanosyncoccus nanoralis" corrig. McLean et al. 2020	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Nanosyncoccus oralis" Gilroy et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Nanosyncoccaceae" McLean et al. 2020

Assigned by: 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.

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