Name: "Candidatus Mycolatisynbacter gordoniilyticus" corrig. Batinovic et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: gor.do.ni.i.ly’ti.cus. N.L. fem. n. Gordonia, a genus name; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, lysing, dissolving; from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. gordoniilyticus, lysing Gordonia amarae, Gordonia pseudoamarae and other Mycolata

Gender: masculine

Type strain: JR1

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: CP045921 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Batinovic S, Rose JJA, Ratcliffe J, Seviour RJ, Petrovski S. Cocultivation of an ultrasmall environmental parasitic bacterium with lytic ability against bacteria associated with wastewater foams. Nat Microbiol 2021; 6:703-711.

IJSEM list: Oren A. Candidatus list no. 4. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5545.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Mycosynbacter amalyticus" Batinovic et al. 2021	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Mycolatisynbacter" corrig. Batinovic et al. 2021. Publication: Batinovic S, Rose JJA, Ratcliffe J, Seviour RJ, Petrovski S. Cocultivation of an ultrasmall environmental parasitic bacterium with lytic ability against bacteria associated with wastewater foams. Nat Microbiol 2021; 6:703-711.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Mycolatisynbacter" corrig. Batinovic et al. 2021

Assigned by: Batinovic S, Rose JJA, Ratcliffe J, Seviour RJ, Petrovski S. Cocultivation of an ultrasmall environmental parasitic bacterium with lytic ability against bacteria associated with wastewater foams. Nat Microbiol 2021; 6:703-711.

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Record number: 35383