Name: [Bacteria, not assigned to kingdom]

Category: Kingdom

Proposed as: LPSN placeholder (potentially permanent)

Nomenclatural status: artificial parent node of taxa incertae sedis

• Notes:
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 11; JCM: 9; NBRC: 8; IFO: 6; ATCC: 6; NCTC: 5; CIP: 5; BCRC: 3; NRRL: 3; CCUG: 3.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 82

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Aerophobetes" Rinke et al. 2013	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Aerophobota" corrig. Rinke et al. 2013	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Auribacterota" Williams et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Babelota" corrig. Yeoh et al. 2016	not validly published	pro-correct name
    [Bacteria, not assigned to phylum]	artificial parent node of taxa incertae sedis
    "Candidatus Binatota" Chuvochina et al. 2019	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Caldipriscota" corrig. Colman et al. 2016	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Calescamantes" Rinke et al. 2013	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Calescibacteriota" corrig. Rinke et al. 2013	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Canglongiota" Zhang et al. 2022	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Cosmopoliota" Zhang et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Cryosericota" Martinez et al. 2019	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Deferrimicrobiota" Begmatov et al. 2022	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Dependentiae" Yeoh et al. 2016	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Dormibacteraeota" Ji et al. 2017	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Dormibacterota" Chuvochina et al. 2023	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Dormiibacterota" corrig. Ji et al. 2017	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Effluviviacota" Su et al. 2024	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Effluvivivacota" corrig. Su et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Electryoneota" Williams et al. 2022	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Elulimicrobiota" corrig. Rodriguez et al. 2020	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Elulota" Rodriguez et al. 2020	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Entotheonellaeota" Goh et al. 2019	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Entotheonellota" Johnson and Hug 2019	not validly published	synonym
    "Candidatus Entotheonellota" corrig. Goh et al. 2019	not validly published	synonym
    "Candidatus Eremiobacteraeota" Ji et al. 2017	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Eremiobacterota" corrig. Ji et al. 2017	not validly published	synonym
    "Candidatus Fermentibacteria" Kirkegaard et al. 2016	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Fermentibacterota" corrig. Kirkegaard et al. 2016	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Fervidibacteria" Rinke et al. 2013	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Fervidibacterota" corrig. Rinke et al. 2013	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Fidelibacterota Katayama et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Goldbacteria" Hernsdorf et al. 2017	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Goldiibacteriota" corrig. Hernsdorf et al. 2017	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Heilongiota" Zhang et al. 2022	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Hinthialibacterota" Williams et al. 2022	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Hydrogenedentes" Rinke et al. 2013	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Hydrogenedentota" corrig. Rinke et al. 2013	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Hydrothermae" Jungbluth et al. 2017	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Hydrothermota" corrig. Jungbluth et al. 2017	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Kapabacteria" Kantor et al. 2015	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Kapaibacteriota" corrig. Kantor et al. 2015	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Krumholzibacteriota" Youssef et al. 2019	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Kryptonia" Eloe-Fadrosh et al. 2016	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Kryptoniota" corrig. Eloe-Fadrosh et al. 2016	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Lernaellota" Williams et al. 2022	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Macinerneyibacteriota" corrig. Yadav et al. 2020	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Margulisbacteria" Anantharaman et al. 2016	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Margulisiibacteriota" corrig. Anantharaman et al. 2016	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Marinimicrobia" Rinke et al. 2013	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Mcinerneyibacteriota" Yadav et al. 2020	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Methylomirabilota" Chuvochina et al. 2023	not validly published	synonym
    "Candidatus Methylomirabilota" Viljakainen and Hug 2021	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Modulibacteria" Sekiguchi et al. 2015	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Moduliflexota" corrig. Sekiguchi et al. 2015	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Muirbacteria" Barnum et al. 2018	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Muiribacteriota" corrig. Barnum et al. 2018	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Neomarinimicrobiota" corrig. Rinke et al. 2013	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Nitrosediminicolota" Zhao et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Omnitrophica" Rinke et al. 2013	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Omnitrophota" corrig. Rinke et al. 2013	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Parcunitrobacteria" Castelle et al. 2017	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Parcunitrobacterota" corrig. Castelle et al. 2017	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Peregrinibacteria" Wrighton et al. 2012	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Peregrinibacteriota" corrig. Wrighton et al. 2012	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Pyropristinus" Colman et al. 2016	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Qinglongiota" Zhang et al. 2022	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Riflebacteria" Anantharaman et al. 2016	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Rifleibacteriota" corrig. Anantharaman et al. 2016	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Ryujiniota" Sun et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Spongiamicota" Sun et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Sumerlaeota" Kadnikov et al. 2019	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Sysuimicrobiota" Liu et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Tangaroaeota" Sun et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Tectimicrobiota" corrig. Wilson et al. 2014	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Tectomicrobia" Wilson et al. 2014	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Tianyabacteria" Cui et al. 2021	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Tianyaibacteriota" corrig. Cui et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Vulcanimicrobiota Yabe et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Wirthbacteria" Hug et al. 2016	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Wirthibacterota" corrig. Hug et al. 2016	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Zhurongbacterota" Leng et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Bacteria Woese et al. 2024

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