Name: "Candidatus Nanopusillus massiliensis" Hassani et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: mas.si.li.en’sis. L. masc./fem. adj. massiliensis, referring to Massilia, the past Roman name of Marseille, France where this nano-organism has been discovered

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CSUR Q6268; Marseille Q6268

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Original publication: Hassani Y, Saad J, Terrer E, Aboudharam G, Giancarlo B, Silvestri F, Raoult D, Drancourt M, Grine G. Introducing clinical nanorachaeaology: Isolation by co-culture of Nanopusillus massiliensis sp. nov. Curr Res Microb Sci 2022; 3:100100.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧍 Proposed as Candidatus name although available in culture (co-culture with Methanobrevibacter oralis). Publication: Murray RG, Stackebrandt E. Taxonomic note: implementation of the provisional status Candidatus for incompletely described procaryotes. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:186-187.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Nanopusillus" Wurch et al. 2016

Assigned by: Hassani Y, Saad J, Terrer E, Aboudharam G, Giancarlo B, Silvestri F, Raoult D, Drancourt M, Grine G. Introducing clinical nanorachaeaology: Isolation by co-culture of Nanopusillus massiliensis sp. nov. Curr Res Microb Sci 2022; 3:100100.

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Record number: 39991