Since the taxonomic category phylum is not currently covered by the ☞ ICNP, Candidatus phyla cannot be distinguished from other phyla by not having a validly published name. We here treat a phylum as a ☞ Candidatus phylum if it lacks a child taxon with a validly published name. Parent taxa to which no genus is directly or indirectly assigned are not currently shown in the LPSN hierarchy. Accordingly, the names of most Candidatus phyla do not show up in the hierarchy. While they can still be found using the advanced search, we have created this page to remind users of the presence of such names in LPSN. The numbers of validly published species names per phylum are given on the statistics page.
"Candidatus Abawacabacteria" — "Candidatus Absconditabacteria" — "Candidatus Acetothermia" — "Candidatus Adlerbacteria" — "Candidatus Aenigmarchaeota" — "Candidatus Aerophobetes" — "Candidatus Aigarchaeota" — "Candidatus Altiarchaeota" — "Candidatus Amesbacteria" — "Candidatus Aminicenantes" — "Candidatus Andersenbacteria" — "Candidatus Asgardaeota" — "Candidatus Atribacteria" — "Candidatus Aureabacteria" — "Candidatus Azambacteria"
"Candidatus Bathyarchaeota" — "Candidatus Beckwithbacteria" — "Candidatus Berkelbacteria" — "Candidatus Binatota" — "Candidatus Bipolaricaulota" — "Candidatus Blackallbacteria" — "Candidatus Blackburnbacteria" — "Candidatus Brennerbacteria" — "Candidatus Brockarchaeota" — "Candidatus Brownbacteria" — "Candidatus Buchananbacteria"
"Candidatus Caldatribacteriota" — "Candidatus Calescamantes" — "Candidatus Campbellbacteria" — "Candidatus Chisholmbacteria" — "Candidatus Cloacimonetes" — "Candidatus Coatesbacteria" — "Candidatus Collierbacteria" — "Candidatus Colwellbacteria" — "Candidatus Cryosericota" — "Candidatus Curtissbacteria"
"Candidatus Dadabacteria" — "Candidatus Daviesbacteria" — "Candidatus Delongbacteria" — "Candidatus Delphibacteria" — "Candidatus Dependentiae" — "Candidatus Desantisbacteria" — "Candidatus Diapherotrites" — "Candidatus Dojkabacteria" — "Candidatus Dormibacteraeota" — "Candidatus Doudnabacteria"
"Candidatus Edwardsbacteria" — "Candidatus Eisenbacteria" — "Candidatus Elulimicrobiota" — "Candidatus Elulota" — "Candidatus Eremiobacteraeota" — "Candidatus Eremiobacterota"
"Candidatus Falkowbacteria" — "Candidatus Fermentibacteria" — "Candidatus Fertabacteria" — "Candidatus Fervidibacteria" — "Candidatus Firestonebacteria" — "Candidatus Fischerbacteria" — "Candidatus Fraserbacteria"
"Candidatus Genascibacteria" — "Candidatus Geoarchaeota" — "Candidatus Geothermarchaeota" — "Candidatus Giovannonibacteria" — "Candidatus Glassbacteria" — "Candidatus Goldbacteria" — "Candidatus Gottesmanbacteria" — "Candidatus Gracilibacteria" — "Candidatus Gribaldobacteria"
"Candidatus Hadarchaeota" — "Candidatus Hadesarchaeota" — "Candidatus Halobacterota" — "Candidatus Handelsmanbacteria" — "Candidatus Harrisonbacteria" — "Candidatus Heimdallarchaeota" — "Candidatus Helarchaeota" — "Candidatus Huberarchaea" — "Candidatus Huberarchaeota" — "Candidatus Hugbacteria" — "Candidatus Hydrogenedentes" — "Candidatus Hydrothermae" — "Candidatus Hydrothermarchaeota" — "Candidatus Hydrothermota"
"Candidatus Kaiserbacteria" — "Candidatus Kapabacteria" — "Candidatus Katanobacteria" — "Candidatus Kerfeldbacteria" — "Candidatus Komeilibacteria" — "Candidatus Korarchaeota" — "Candidatus Krumholzibacteriota" — "Candidatus Kryptonia" — "Candidatus Kuenenbacteria"
"Candidatus Latescibacteria" — "Candidatus Levybacteria" — "Candidatus Lindowbacteria" — "Candidatus Liptonbacteria" — "Candidatus Lloydbacteria" — "Candidatus Lokiarchaeia" — "Candidatus Lokiarchaeota"
"Candidatus Magasanikbacteria" — "Candidatus Margulisbacteria" — "Candidatus Marinimicrobia" — "Candidatus Marsarchaeota" — "Candidatus Mcinerneyibacteriota" — "Candidatus Melainabacteria" — "Candidatus Micrarchaeota" — "Candidatus Microgenomates" — "Candidatus Modulibacteria" — "Candidatus Moisslbacteria" — "Candidatus Montesolbacteria" — "Candidatus Moranbacteria" — "Candidatus Muirbacteria"
"Candidatus Nanoarchaeota" — "Candidatus Nanohaloarchaeota" — "Candidatus Nealsonbacteria" — "Candidatus Nezhaarchaeota" — "Candidatus Niyogibacteria" — "Candidatus Nomurabacteria"
"Candidatus Pacearchaeota" — "Candidatus Pacebacteria" — "Candidatus Parcubacteria" — "Candidatus Parcunitrobacteria" — "Candidatus Parvarchaeota" — "Candidatus Peregrinibacteria" — "Candidatus Poribacteria" — "Candidatus Portnoybacteria" — "Candidatus Pyropristinus"
"Candidatus Ratteibacteria" — "Candidatus Raymondbacteria" — "Candidatus Riflebacteria" — "Candidatus Roizmanbacteria" — "Candidatus Rokubacteria" — "Candidatus Ryanbacteria"
"Candidatus Saccharibacteria" — "Candidatus Saganbacteria" — "Candidatus Schekmanbacteria" — "Candidatus Shapirobacteria" — "Candidatus Spechtbacteria" — "Candidatus Stahlbacteria" — "Candidatus Staskawiczbacteria" — "Candidatus Sumerlaeota" — "Candidatus Sungbacteria"
"Candidatus Tagabacteria" — "Candidatus Taylorbacteria" — "Candidatus Tectomicrobia" — "Candidatus Terrybacteria" — "Candidatus Thermoplasmatota" — "Candidatus Thorarchaeota" — "Candidatus Tianyabacteria" — "Candidatus Torokbacteria"
"Candidatus Wallbacteria" — "Candidatus Wildermuthbacteria" — "Candidatus Wirthbacteria" — "Candidatus Woesearchaeota" — "Candidatus Woesebacteria" — "Candidatus Wolfebacteria" — "Candidatus Woykebacteria"