Name: "Candidatus Photomyxococcus" Marter et al. 2026

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Pho.to.my.xo.coc’cus. Gr. neut. n. phôs, light; Gr. fem. n. myxa, mucus, slime; N.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Photomyxococcus, a photosynthetic slime coccus

Gender: masculine (stem: Photomyxococc-)

Type species: "Candidatus Photomyxococcus marinus" Marter et al. 2026

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Marter P, Brinkmann H, Freese HM, Ringel V, Bunk B, Jarek M, Koblizek M, Wagner-Dobler I, Petersen J. The microbiome of marine mat-forming cyanobacteria-a microcosm of taxonomic novelty and phototrophic diversity. ISME Commun 2026; 6:ycag041. 🇩🇪

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)

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 Photomyxococcus marinus" Marter et al. 2026	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Kuafubacteriaceae" Li et al. 2023

Assigned by: Marter P, Brinkmann H, Freese HM, Ringel V, Bunk B, Jarek M, Koblizek M, Wagner-Dobler I, Petersen J. The microbiome of marine mat-forming cyanobacteria-a microcosm of taxonomic novelty and phototrophic diversity. ISME Commun 2026; 6:ycag041. 🇩🇪

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