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Phylum "Candidatus Saccharibacteria"
Name: "Candidatus Saccharibacteria" Albertsen et al. 2013
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sak-kha-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. 
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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 Saccharimonadota" corrig. Albertsen et al. 2013
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "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 Pacebacteria" Brown et al. 2015 heterotypic 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 Parcubacteria" Rinke et al. 2013 heterotypic synonym, not pro-validly published "Candidatus Saccharimonadota" corrig. Albertsen et al. 2013 corrected spelling of name, 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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🧕 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".
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🧕 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.
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: 8678
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