Name: "Candidatus Nanogingivales" McLean et al. 2020

Category: Order

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Nanogingivales, ales an order, the order-level lineage of genus Nanogingivalis.

Gender: feminine

Type genus: "Candidatus Nanogingivalis" McLean et al. 2020

Effective publication: McLean JS, Bor B, Kerns KA, Liu Q, To TT, Solden L, Hendrickson EL, Wrighton K, Shi W, He X. Acquisition and Adaptation of Ultra-small Parasitic Reduced Genome Bacteria to Mammalian Hosts. Cell Rep 2020; 32:107939. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 3. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5186.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Nomenclatural pro-status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Nanogingivalales" corrig. McLean et al. 2020

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Saccharimonadales" corrig. Lemos et al. 2019	heterotypic synonym, not pro-validly published
    "Candidatus Nanosynbacterales" McLean et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, not pro-validly published
    Nanosynbacterales Hendrickson et al. 2026	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Candidatus Nanogingivalales" corrig. McLean et al. 2020	corrected spelling of name, pro-validly published under the ICNP
    "Candidatus Nanosyncoccales" McLean et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, not pro-validly published
    "Candidatus Saccharimonadales" Chuvochina et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, not pro-validly published
    "Candidatus Saccharimonales" Lemos et al. 2019	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling and not pro-validly published

• Notes:
  • 🚃 The type genus of this order has alternatively been placed in the order "Candidatus Nanogingivalales" corrig. McLean et al. 2020. Publication: McLean JS, Bor B, Kerns KA, Liu Q, To TT, Solden L, Hendrickson EL, Wrighton K, Shi W, He X. Acquisition and Adaptation of Ultra-small Parasitic Reduced Genome Bacteria to Mammalian Hosts. Cell Rep 2020; 32:107939. 🇺🇸

Parent taxon: Nanosynbacteria Hendrickson et al. 2026

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. — Hendrickson EL, Bor B, He X, McLean JS. Nanosynbacter lyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., an ultrasmall, obligate epibiont bacterium and the proposal of Nanosynbacteraceae fam. nov., Nanosynbacterales ord. nov. and Nanosynbacteria class nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7162. 🇺🇸

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