Name: "Candidatus Patescibacteria" Parks et al. 2018

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: Candidatus

Gender: neuter

Original publication: Parks DH, Chuvochina M, Waite DW, Rinke C, Skarshewski A, Chaumeil PA, Hugenholtz P. A standardized bacterial taxonomy based on genome phylogeny substantially revises the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2018; 36:996-1004.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • Parks et al. (2018) assigned this phylum to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990. Publication: Parks DH, Chuvochina M, Waite DW, Rinke C, Skarshewski A, Chaumeil PA, Hugenholtz P. A standardized bacterial taxonomy based on genome phylogeny substantially revises the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2018; 36:996-1004.
  • Lemos et al. (2019) assigned the class "Candidatus Saccharimonadia" corrig. Lemos et al. 2019 to this phylum. Publication: Lemos LN, Medeiros JD, Dini-Andreote F, Fernandes GR, Varani AM, Oliveira G, Pylro VS. Genomic signatures and co-occurrence patterns of the ultra-small Saccharimonadia (phylum CPR/Patescibacteria) suggest a symbiotic lifestyle. Mol Ecol 2019; 28:4259-4271.
  • Yakimov et al. (2022) assigned the class "Candidatus Gracilibacteria" Yakimov et al. 2022 to this phylum. Publication: Yakimov MM, Merkel AY, Gaisin VA, Pilhofer M, Messina E, Hallsworth JE, Klyukina AA, Tikhonova EN, Gorlenko VM. Cultivation of a vampire: 'Candidatus Absconditicoccus praedator'. Environ Microbiol 2022; 24:30-49.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Patscibacteria".
  • A nomenclatural type has not been designated.

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Record number: 39004