Genus "Candidatus Nanosyncoccus"

Name: "Candidatus Nanosyncoccus" McLean et al. 2020

Category, proposed as: genus, Candidatus

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

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): 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

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

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

• 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
    "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

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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