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Phylum "Candidatus Pacebacteria"
Name: "Candidatus Pacebacteria" Brown et al. 2015
Etymology: Pa.ce.bac.te’ri.a. N.L. neut. pl. n. Pacebacteria, Named after Norman R. Pace who recevied the ISME Jim Tiedje Award in 2008. [incorrectly formed: missing connecting vowel]
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pa-ke-bak-TE-ri-a, neuter
Type genus: "Candidatus Paceibacter" Rinke et al. 2013
Effective publication:
Brown CT, Hug LA, Thomas BC, Sharon I, Castelle CJ, Singh A, Wilkins MJ, Wrighton KC, Williams KH, Banfield JF. Unusual biology across a group comprising more than 15% of domain Bacteria. Nature 2015; 523:208-211. 
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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: inaccurate spelling
Nomenclatural pro-status: inaccurate spelling
Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Paceibacterota" corrig. Brown et al. 2015
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Candidatus Paceibacterota" corrig. Brown et al. 2015 corrected spelling of name, pro-validly published under the ICNP "Candidatus Altimarinota" corrig. Rinke et al. 2013 heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP "Candidatus Gracilibacteria" Rinke et al. 2013 heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling "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 Minisyncoccota Nakajima et al. 2025 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP "Candidatus Saccharibacteria" Albertsen et al. 2013 heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling "Candidatus Parcubacteria" Rinke et al. 2013 homotypic synonym, not pro-validly published "Candidatus Saccharimonadota" corrig. Albertsen et al. 2013 heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP "Candidatus Microgenomates" Rinke et al. 2013 heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
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Notes:
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🚃 The type genus of this phylum has alternatively been placed in the phylum "Candidatus Parcubacteria" Rinke et al. 2013.
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. 🇺🇸
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🚃 The type genus of this phylum has alternatively been placed in the phylum "Candidatus Parcubacteria" Rinke et al. 2013.
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.
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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Record number: 866
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