Name: "Candidatus Saccharibacteria" Albertsen et al. 2013

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: Candidatus

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sak-k^ha-ri-bak-TE-ri-a, neuter

Type genus: "Candidatus Saccharimonas" Albertsen et al. 2013

Effective publication: Albertsen M, Hugenholtz P, Skarshewski A, Nielsen KL, Tyson GW, Nielsen PH. Genome sequences of rare, uncultured bacteria obtained by differential coverage binning of multiple metagenomes. Nat Biotechnol 2013; 31:533-538. 🇩🇰

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

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Saccharimonadota" corrig. Albertsen et al. 2013

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "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
    Minisyncoccota Nakajima et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Candidatus Saccharimonadota" corrig. Albertsen et al. 2013	corrected spelling of name, pro-validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Albertsen et al. (2013) assigned this phylum to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990. Publication: Albertsen M, Hugenholtz P, Skarshewski A, Nielsen KL, Tyson GW, Nielsen PH. Genome sequences of rare, uncultured bacteria obtained by differential coverage binning of multiple metagenomes. Nat Biotechnol 2013; 31:533-538. 🇩🇰
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Saccahribacteria"; "Saccaribacteria"; "Saccharibateria"; "Saccharobacteria"; "Sacchribacteria".

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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