Name: "Candidatus Parcubacteria" Rinke et al. 2013

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Par.cu.bac.te’ri.a. L. masc. adj. parcus, thrifty; N.L. neut. pl. n. Parcubacteria, a higher taxonomic unit comprising the genus Paceibacter

Pronunciation, gender: par-ku-bak-TE-ri-a, neuter

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

Original 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. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no pro-standing)

Correct name: Minisyncoccota Nakajima et al. 2025

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Paceibacterota" corrig. Brown et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP
    "Candidatus Altimarinota" corrig. Rinke et al. 2013	heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP
    "Candidatus Pacebacteria" Brown et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "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 Saccharimonadota" corrig. Albertsen et al. 2013	heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP
    "Candidatus Microgenomates" Rinke et al. 2013	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling

• 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Rinke et al. (2013) assigned this phylum to the superphylum "Candidatus Patescibacteria" 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Gong et al. (2014) assigned the genus "Candidatus Sonnebornia" Gong et al. 2014 to this phylum. Publication: Gong J, Qing Y, Guo X, Warren A. "Candidatus Sonnebornia yantaiensis", a member of candidate division OD1, as intracellular bacteria of the ciliated protist Paramecium bursaria (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea). Syst Appl Microbiol 2014; 37:35-41. 🇨🇳
  • 🧒 Rinke et al. (2013) assigned the genus "Candidatus Paceibacter" 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Parcobacteria".

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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