Name: "Candidatus Nostocoides" corrig. Blackall et al. 2000

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Nos.toc.o.i’des. N.L. neut. n. Nostoc, a cyanobacterial genus; L. adj. suff. -oides, resembling; from Gr. neut. adj. suff. -eides, that which is seen, form, shape, figure; N.L. neut. n. Nostocoides, resembling Nostoc

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Nostocoid-), nos-tok-o-I-des

Type species: "Candidatus Nostocoides limicola" corrig. Blackall et al. 2000

Pro-valid publication: Blackall LL, Seviour EM, Bradford D, Rossetti S, Tandoi V, Seviour RJ. 'Candidatus Nostocoida limicola', a filamentous bacterium from activated sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:703-709. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

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

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Nostocimimus" Crook 2026	heterotypic synonym, not pro-validly published
    "Candidatus Nostocoida" Blackall et al. 2000	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Blackall et al. (2000) assigned this genus to the class Actinobacteria Stackebrandt et al. 1997. Publication: Blackall LL, Seviour EM, Bradford D, Rossetti S, Tandoi V, Seviour RJ. 'Candidatus Nostocoida limicola', a filamentous bacterium from activated sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:703-709. 🇦🇺
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus Nostocoida" Blackall et al. 2000. Publication: Blackall LL, Seviour EM, Bradford D, Rossetti S, Tandoi V, Seviour RJ. 'Candidatus Nostocoida limicola', a filamentous bacterium from activated sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:703-709. 🇦🇺
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of Nostocoides Deshmukh and Oren 2024.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NCIMB: 1; JCM: 1; DSM: 1; KCTC: 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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Nostocoides acidiphilum" corrig. Kulichevskaya et al. 2012	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Nostocoides limicola" corrig. Blackall et al. 2000	not validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Intrasporangiaceae Rainey et al. 1997

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. — Deshmukh UB, Oren A. Proposal of Shuttleworthella gen. nov. and Nostocoides gen. nov. as replacement names for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic names Shuttleworthia and Tetrasphaera, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6318. 🇮🇱

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