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Genus "Candidatus Nanosyncoccus"
Name: "Candidatus Nanosyncoccus" McLean et al. 2020
Etymology: Na.no.syn.coc’cus. N.L. masc. n. coccus, grain; N.L. masc. n. Nanosyncoccus, a Candidatus genus
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Nanosyncocc-), na-no-syn-KOK-kus
Type species: "Candidatus Nanosyncoccus alcis" corrig. McLean et al. 2020
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
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: pro-correct name
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Notes:
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🥇 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.
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🥇 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.
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🧕 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".
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🥇 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.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Nanosyncoccus alces" McLean et al. 2020 inaccurate spelling misspelling "Candidatus Nanosyncoccus alcis" corrig. McLean et al. 2020 not validly published pro-correct name "Candidatus Nanosyncoccus nanoralicus" McLean et al. 2020 inaccurate spelling misspelling "Candidatus Nanosyncoccus nanoralis" corrig. McLean et al. 2020 not validly published pro-correct name "Candidatus Nanosyncoccus oralis" Gilroy et al. 2023 not validly published preferred name
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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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Record number: 22831
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