Name: "Candidatus Nanosynbacter lyticus" McLean et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: ly’ti.cus. N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, able to dissolve, dissolving; from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: Saccharibacteria oral taxon TM7x; TM7x

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: CP007496 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: McLean JS, Bor B, Kerns KA, Liu Q, To TT, Solden L, Hendrickson EL, Wrighton K, Shi W, He X. Acquisition and Adaptation of Ultra-small Parasitic Reduced Genome Bacteria to Mammalian Hosts. Cell Rep 2020; 32:107939.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 3. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5186.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Nanosynbacter" McLean et al. 2020. Publication: McLean JS, Bor B, Kerns KA, Liu Q, To TT, Solden L, Hendrickson EL, Wrighton K, Shi W, He X. Acquisition and Adaptation of Ultra-small Parasitic Reduced Genome Bacteria to Mammalian Hosts. Cell Rep 2020; 32:107939.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Nanosynbacter" McLean et al. 2020

Assigned by: McLean JS, Bor B, Kerns KA, Liu Q, To TT, Solden L, Hendrickson EL, Wrighton K, Shi W, He X. Acquisition and Adaptation of Ultra-small Parasitic Reduced Genome Bacteria to Mammalian Hosts. Cell Rep 2020; 32:107939.

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Record number: 28718