Name: "Candidatus Nostocimimus" Crook 2026

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Nos.toc.i.mi’mus. N.L. neut. n. Nostoc, a cyanobacterial genus; L. masc. n. mimus, a mime, an imitator; N.L. masc. n. Nostocimimus, imitator of Nostoc

Gender: masculine (stem: Nostocimim-)

Type species: "Candidatus Nostocimimus acidiphilus" (Kulichevskaya et al. 2012) Crook 2026

Original publication: Crook MB. Proposal to replace the pro-illegitimate prokaryotic names 'Candidatus Nostocoides' corrig. Kulichevskaya et al. 2012 and 'Candidatus Nostocoides acidiphilum' corrig. Kulichevskaya et al. 2012 with 'Candidatus Nostocimimus' gen. nov. and 'Candidatus Nostocimimus acidiphilus' comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7115. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 76, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7148.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no pro-standing)

Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Nostocoides" corrig. Blackall et al. 2000

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Nostocoida" Blackall et al. 2000	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Candidatus Nostocoides" corrig. Blackall et al. 2000	heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus "Candidatus Nostocoides" corrig. Blackall et al. 2000. Publication: Kulichevskaya IS, Ivanova AA, Belova SE, Dedysh SN. A novel filamentous planctomycete of the Isosphaera-Singulisphaera group isolated from a Sphagnum peat bog. Microbiology 2012; 81:446-452. 🇷🇺
  • 🧍 Considered not pro-validly published since the nomenclatural type of the species was not designated. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Christensen H, Goker M, Manaia CM, Moore ERB. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2025 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6979. 🇮🇱

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 Nostocimimus acidiphilus" (Kulichevskaya et al. 2012) Crook 2026	not validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Isosphaeraceae Kulichevskaya et al. 2016

Assigned by: Crook MB. Proposal to replace the pro-illegitimate prokaryotic names 'Candidatus Nostocoides' corrig. Kulichevskaya et al. 2012 and 'Candidatus Nostocoides acidiphilum' corrig. Kulichevskaya et al. 2012 with 'Candidatus Nostocimimus' gen. nov. and 'Candidatus Nostocimimus acidiphilus' comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7115. 🇺🇸

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