Name: "Candidatus Pseudogracilibacillus amylolyticus" Lv et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: a.my.lo.ly’ti.cus. Gr. neut. n. amylon, starch; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, able to loosen, able to dissolve; from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. amylolyticus, starch-dissolving

Pronunciation, gender: a-my-lo-LY-ti-kus, masculine

Original publication: Lv AP, Ying-Han, Fang BZ, Wang GZ, Liu MC, Bian BR, Zheng ZH, Li K, Li BY, Jiao JY, et al. Metagenome-assembled genomes reveal Pseudogracilibacillus amylolyticus sp. nov., a functional uncultured microorganism in high-temperature Daqu. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126667.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. The expression "monophyletic clade" is a pleonasm. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 🧍 The article mentions the SeqCode. This SeqCode is not an officially recognized code of nomenclature. In fact, the use of the SeqCode is officially discouraged. ICNP-compliant databases and publications are not allowed to use the SeqCode. The SeqCode deliberately and systematically violates the ICNP. The SeqCode attempts to undermine the scientific standard called "valid publication of the name of a prokaryote" by lowering the requirements compared to the ICNP, but using the same term and assigning it to names whose formation is indistinguishable from the one used by the ICNP. LPSN follows the ICNP and treats such names as not validly published. Publication: Goker M, Moore ERB, Oren A, Trujillo ME. Status of the SeqCode in the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5754.

Parent taxon: Pseudogracilibacillus Glaeser et al. 2014

Assigned by: Lv AP, Ying-Han, Fang BZ, Wang GZ, Liu MC, Bian BR, Zheng ZH, Li K, Li BY, Jiao JY, et al. Metagenome-assembled genomes reveal Pseudogracilibacillus amylolyticus sp. nov., a functional uncultured microorganism in high-temperature Daqu. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126667.

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