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Genus "Candidatus Phycocordibacter"
Name: "Candidatus Phycocordibacter" Jonas et al. 2025
Etymology: Phy.co.cor.di.bac’ter. Gr. neut. n. phŷkos, meaning seaweed or algae; L. neut. n. cor, meaning central or essential; N.L. masc. n. bacter, referring to a bacterium; N.L. masc. n. Phycocordibacter, a core bacterium of a microalgal culture
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Phycocordibacter-), phy-ko-kor-di-BAK-ter
Type species: "Candidatus Phycocordibacter aenigmaticus" Jonas et al. 2025
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Original publication:
Jonas L, Lee Y-Y, Bachvaroff T, Hill RT, Li Y. Two novel Patescibacteria: Phycocordibacter aenigmaticus gen. nov. sp. nov. and Minusculum obligatum gen. nov. sp. nov., both associated with microalgae optimized for carbon dioxide sequestration from flue gas. mBio 2025; 16:e0123125. 
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Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)
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Notes:
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Candidatus Phycocordibacteraceae" Jonas et al. 2025.
Publication:
Jonas L, Lee Y-Y, Bachvaroff T, Hill RT, Li Y. Two novel Patescibacteria: Phycocordibacter aenigmaticus gen. nov. sp. nov. and Minusculum obligatum gen. nov. sp. nov., both associated with microalgae optimized for carbon dioxide sequestration from flue gas. mBio 2025; 16:e0123125. 🇺🇸
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order "Candidatus Phycocordibacterales" Jonas et al. 2025.
Publication:
Jonas L, Lee Y-Y, Bachvaroff T, Hill RT, Li Y. Two novel Patescibacteria: Phycocordibacter aenigmaticus gen. nov. sp. nov. and Minusculum obligatum gen. nov. sp. nov., both associated with microalgae optimized for carbon dioxide sequestration from flue gas. mBio 2025; 16:e0123125. 🇺🇸
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🧕 Jonas et al. (2025) assigned this genus to the order "Candidatus Phycocordibacterales" Jonas et al. 2025.
Publication:
Jonas L, Lee Y-Y, Bachvaroff T, Hill RT, Li Y. Two novel Patescibacteria: Phycocordibacter aenigmaticus gen. nov. sp. nov. and Minusculum obligatum gen. nov. sp. nov., both associated with microalgae optimized for carbon dioxide sequestration from flue gas. mBio 2025; 16:e0123125. 🇺🇸
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Candidatus Phycocordibacteraceae" Jonas et al. 2025.
Publication:
Jonas L, Lee Y-Y, Bachvaroff T, Hill RT, Li Y. Two novel Patescibacteria: Phycocordibacter aenigmaticus gen. nov. sp. nov. and Minusculum obligatum gen. nov. sp. nov., both associated with microalgae optimized for carbon dioxide sequestration from flue gas. mBio 2025; 16:e0123125.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Phycocordibacter aenigmaticus" Jonas et al. 2025 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: "Candidatus Phycocordibacteraceae" Jonas et al. 2025
Assigned by:
Jonas L, Lee Y-Y, Bachvaroff T, Hill RT, Li Y. Two novel Patescibacteria: Phycocordibacter aenigmaticus gen. nov. sp. nov. and Minusculum obligatum gen. nov. sp. nov., both associated with microalgae optimized for carbon dioxide sequestration from flue gas. mBio 2025; 16:e0123125. 🇺🇸
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Record number: 66047
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