Name: "Candidatus Nanosyncoccales" McLean et al. 2020

Category: Order

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Na.no.syn.coc.ca’les. N.L. masc. n. Nanosyncoccus, a Candidatus genus name; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Nanosyncoccales, the Candidatus Nanosyncoccus order

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: na-no-syn-kok-KA-les, feminine

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

Original 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. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no pro-standing)

Correct name: Nanosynbacterales Hendrickson et al. 2026

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Nanogingivales" McLean et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "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	heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP
    "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:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class "Candidatus Nanosyncoccia" 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class "Candidatus Nanosyncoccalia" 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 McLean et al. (2020) assigned this order to the class "Candidatus Nanosyncoccia" 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 McLean et al. (2020) assigned the family "Candidatus Nanosyncoccaceae" McLean et al. 2020 to this order. 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 McLean et al. (2020) assigned the genus "Candidatus Nanosyncoccus" McLean et al. 2020 to this order. 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).

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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