Phylum Minisyncoccota

Name: Minisyncoccota Nakajima et al. 2025

Category, proposed as: phylum, phyl. nov.

Etymology: Mi.ni.syn.coc.co’ta. N.L. masc. n. Minisyncoccus, type genus of the phylum; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ota, ending to denote a phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n. Minisyncoccota, the phylum of the genus Minisyncoccus

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: mi-ni-syn-kok-KO-ta, neuter

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 Saccharibacteria" Albertsen et al. 2013	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Candidatus Microgenomates" Rinke et al. 2013	heterotypic synonym, 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 Microgenomatota" 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
    "Candidatus Saccharimonadota" corrig. Albertsen et al. 2013	heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Nakajima et al. (2025) assigned this phylum to the domain Bacteria Woese et al. 2024. 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. 🇯🇵
  • 🧒 Hendrickson et al. (2026) assigned the order Nanosynbacterales Hendrickson et al. 2026 to this phylum. Publication: 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Nakajima et al. (2025) assigned the class "Candidatus Saccharimonadia" corrig. Lemos et al. 2019 to this phylum. 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 phylum. 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. 🇯🇵
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Mynisyncoccota".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 2; ATCC: 2.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 7

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Gracilibacteria" Yakimov et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Microgenomatia" Herrmann et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name
    Minisyncoccia Nakajima et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Nanoperiodontomorbia" corrig. McLean et al. 2020	not validly published	synonym
    "Candidatus Nanoperiomorbia" McLean et al. 2020	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Nanosynbacteria Hendrickson et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Patescibacteriia" Dutkiewicz et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name

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

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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