Minisyncoccota

Minisyncoccota
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Minisyncoccota Nakajima et al. 2025
Type genus
Minisyncoccus Nakajima et al. 2025
Classes
"Ca. Gracilibacteria" "Ca. Microgenomatia" Minisyncoccia "Ca. Patescibacteriia" "Ca. Saccharimonadia"
Synonyms
"Ca. Parcubacteria" Rinke et al. 2013 "Ca. Saccharimonadota" corrig. Albertsen et al. 2013 "Ca. Pacebacteria" Brown et al. 2015 "Ca. Gracilibacteria" Rinke et al. 2013 "Ca. Microgenomatota" corrig. Rinke et al. 2013 "Ca. Microgenomates" Rinke et al. 2013 "Ca. Saccharibacteria" Albertsen et al. 2013 "Ca. Patescibacteriota" Dutkiewicz et al. 2025 "Ca. Paceibacterota" corrig. Brown et al. 2015 "Ca. Altimarinota" corrig. Rinke et al. 2013

Micrographs of Minisyncoccus archaeiphilus strain PMX.108T cells attached to the archaeon Methanospirillum hungatei strain DSM 864 T cells in the two-strain co-culture

Minisyncoccota is a monotypic phylum of the kingdom Bacillati. It contains one valid class Minisyncoccia.^[1][2]

References

1. Nakajima, Meri; Nakai, Ryosuke; Hirakata, Yuga; Kubota, Kengo; Satoh, Hisashi; Nobu, Masaru K.; Narihiro, Takashi; Kuroda, Kyohei (2025). "Minisyncoccus archaeiphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic, obligate parasitic bacterium and proposal of Minisyncoccaceae fam. nov., Minisyncoccales ord. nov., Minisyncoccia class. nov. and Minisyncoccota phyl. nov. formerly referred to as Candidatus Patescibacteria or candidate phyla radiation". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 75 (2): 006668. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.006668. ISSN 1466-5034. PMC 12281837.
2. Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M. (2020). List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 70, 5607-5612; DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332