Order Minisyncoccales

Name: Minisyncoccales Nakajima et al. 2025

Category, proposed as: order, ord. nov.

Etymology: Mi.ni.syn.coc.ca’les. N.L. masc. n. Minisyncoccus, type genus of the order; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Minisyncoccales, the order of the genus Minisyncoccus

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: mi-ni-syn-kok-KA-les, feminine

Type genus: Minisyncoccus Nakajima et al. 2025

Valid publication: Nakajima M, Nakai R, Hirakata Y, Kubota K, Satoh H, Nobu MK, Narihiro T, Kuroda K. Minisyncoccus archaeiphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic, obligate parasitic bacterium and proposal of Minisyncoccaceae fam. nov., Minisyncoccales ord. nov., Minisyncoccia class. nov. and Minisyncoccota phyl. nov. formerly referred to as Candidatus Patescibacteria or candidate phyla radiation. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6668. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6728.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Paceibacterales" Chuvochina et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, not pro-validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Nakajima et al. (2025) assigned the family "Candidatus Staskawiczbacteriaceae" Chuvochina et al. 2023 to this order. Publication: Nakajima M, Nakai R, Hirakata Y, Kubota K, Satoh H, Nobu MK, Narihiro T, Kuroda K. Minisyncoccus archaeiphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic, obligate parasitic bacterium and proposal of Minisyncoccaceae fam. nov., Minisyncoccales ord. nov., Minisyncoccia class. nov. and Minisyncoccota phyl. nov. formerly referred to as Candidatus Patescibacteria or candidate phyla radiation. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6668. 🇯🇵
  • 🧒 Nakajima et al. (2025) assigned the genus Minisyncoccus Nakajima et al. 2025 to this order. Publication: Nakajima M, Nakai R, Hirakata Y, Kubota K, Satoh H, Nobu MK, Narihiro T, Kuroda K. Minisyncoccus archaeiphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic, obligate parasitic bacterium and proposal of Minisyncoccaceae fam. nov., Minisyncoccales ord. nov., Minisyncoccia class. nov. and Minisyncoccota phyl. nov. formerly referred to as Candidatus Patescibacteria or candidate phyla radiation. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6668. 🇯🇵
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 2.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Minisyncoccaceae" Kuroda et al. 2024	not validly published	synonym
    Minisyncoccaceae Nakajima et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Paceibacteraceae" Chuvochina et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Yanofskyibacteriaceae" Kuroda et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Minisyncoccia Nakajima et al. 2025

Assigned by: Nakajima M, Nakai R, Hirakata Y, Kubota K, Satoh H, Nobu MK, Narihiro T, Kuroda K. Minisyncoccus archaeiphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic, obligate parasitic bacterium and proposal of Minisyncoccaceae fam. nov., Minisyncoccales ord. nov., Minisyncoccia class. nov. and Minisyncoccota phyl. nov. formerly referred to as Candidatus Patescibacteria or candidate phyla radiation. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6668. 🇯🇵

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