Phylum "Candidatus Microgenomatota"

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

Category, proposed as: phylum, Candidatus

Etymology: Mi.cro.ge.no.ma.to’ta. N.L. masc. n. Microgenomatus, a Candidatus genus name; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ota, ending to denote a phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n. Microgenomatota, the Candidatus Microgenomatus phylum

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: mi-kro-ge-no-ma-TO-ta, neuter

Type genus: "Candidatus Microgenomatus" 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 list no. 5. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. 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 Saccharibacteria" Albertsen et al. 2013	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Candidatus Microgenomates" Rinke et al. 2013	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
    "Candidatus Parcubacteria" Rinke et al. 2013	heterotypic synonym, not pro-validly published
    "Candidatus Pacebacteria" Brown et al. 2015	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Candidatus Gracilibacteria" Rinke et al. 2013	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Candidatus Paceibacterota" corrig. Brown et al. 2015	heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP
    "Candidatus Altimarinota" corrig. Rinke et al. 2013	heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP
    "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 Saccharimonadota" corrig. Albertsen et al. 2013	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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Geesink et al. (2020) assigned the genus "Roizmanbacterium" Geesink et al. 2020 to this phylum. Publication: Geesink P, Wegner CE, Probst AJ, Herrmann M, Dam HT, Kaster AK, Kusel K. Genome-inferred spatio-temporal resolution of an uncultivated Roizmanbacterium reveals its ecological preferences in groundwater. Environ Microbiol 2020; 22:726-737. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Herrmann et al. (2019) assigned the class "Candidatus Microgenomatia" Herrmann et al. 2019 to this phylum. Publication: Herrmann M, Wegner CE, Taubert M, Geesink P, Lehmann K, Yan L, Lehmann R, Totsche KU, Kusel K. Predominance of Cand. Patescibacteria in Groundwater Is Caused by Their Preferential Mobilization From Soils and Flourishing Under Oligotrophic Conditions. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:1407. 🇩🇪
  • 🧒 Kadnikov et al. (2020) assigned the family "Candidatus Chazhemtonibacteriaceae" corrig. Kadnikov et al. 2020 to this phylum. Publication: Kadnikov VV, Mardanov AV, Beletsky AV, Karnachuk OV, Ravin NV. Complete Genome of a Member of a New Bacterial Lineage in the Microgenomates Group Reveals an Unusual Nucleotide Composition Disparity Between Two Strands of DNA and Limited Metabolic Potential. Microorganisms 2020; 8:0. 🇷🇺
  • 🧒 Rinke et al. (2013) assigned the genus "Candidatus Microgenomatus" 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 Microgenomatota" 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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