Name: "Candidatus Altimarinota" corrig. Rinke et al. 2013

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Al.ti.ma.ri.no’ta. N.L. masc. n. Altimarinus, a Candidatus genus name; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ota, ending to denote a phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n. Altimarinota, the Candidatus Altimarinus phylum

Gender: neuter

Type genus: "Candidatus Altimarinus" Rinke et al. 2013

Effective publication: Rinke C, Schwientek P, Sczyrba A, Ivanova NN, Anderson IJ, Cheng JF, Darling A, Malfatti S, Swan BK, Gies EA, et al. Insights into the phylogeny and coding potential of microbial dark matter. Nature 2013; 499:431-437.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. "Candidatus phylum list no. 1." Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus phyla. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5821.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Minisyncoccota Nakajima et al. 2025

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Parcubacteria" Rinke et al. 2013	heterotypic synonym, not pro-validly published
    "Candidatus Saccharimonadota" corrig. Albertsen et al. 2013	heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP
    "Candidatus Pacebacteria" Brown et al. 2015	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Candidatus Gracilibacteria" Rinke et al. 2013	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
    "Candidatus Microgenomatota" corrig. Rinke et al. 2013	heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP
    "Candidatus Microgenomates" Rinke et al. 2013	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Candidatus Saccharibacteria" Albertsen et al. 2013	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Candidatus Patescibacteriota" Dutkiewicz et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, not pro-validly published
    Minisyncoccota Nakajima et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Candidatus Paceibacterota" corrig. Brown et al. 2015	heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Rinke et al. (2013) assigned this phylum to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990. Publication: Rinke C, Schwientek P, Sczyrba A, Ivanova NN, Anderson IJ, Cheng JF, Darling A, Malfatti S, Swan BK, Gies EA, et al. Insights into the phylogeny and coding potential of microbial dark matter. Nature 2013; 499:431-437.
  • 🧒 Parte et al. (2020) assigned the class "Gracilibacteria" to this phylum. Publication: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612.
  • 🧒 Rinke et al. (2013) assigned the genus "Candidatus Altimarinus" Rinke et al. 2013 to this phylum. Publication: Rinke C, Schwientek P, Sczyrba A, Ivanova NN, Anderson IJ, Cheng JF, Darling A, Malfatti S, Swan BK, Gies EA, et al. Insights into the phylogeny and coding potential of microbial dark matter. Nature 2013; 499:431-437.
  • ❗ "Candidatus Altimarinota" is the pro-correct name instead if this phylum is regarded as a separate phylum (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another phylum whose name is validly published and legitimate or pro-validly published and pro-legitimate and not rejected and has priority or pro-priority).

Parent taxon: Bacillati (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Oren and Göker 2024

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. — 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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