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| Superphylum | Candidate phylum | Proposed name | Etymology |
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| PVC | OP3 | Omnitrophica | Omnitrophus, eating all Om.ni.tro’phi.ca. A higher taxonomic unit comprising the genus Omnitrophus |
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| FCB | SAR406 (Marine Group A) | Marinimicrobia | Marinimicrobium, a marine microbe
Ma.ri.ni.mi.cro’.bi.a. A higher taxonomic unit comprising the genus Marinimicrobium
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| WS3 | Latescibacteria | Latescibacter a hiding small rod
La.tes.ci.bac.te’ri.a. A higher taxonomic unit comprising the genus Latescibacter
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| WW1 | Cloacimonetes | Cloacimonas a unit from a sewer
Clo.a.ci.mo.ne’tes. A higher taxonomic unit comprising the genus Cloacimonas. |
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| | OP8 | Aminicenantes | Aminicenans a (bacterium) degrading amino acids
A.mi.ni.ce.nan’tes. A higher taxonomic unit comprising the genus Aminicenans. |
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| Patescibacteria | OP11 | Microgenomates | Microgenomatus; an organism with a small genome size (~1 Mbp)
A higher taxonomic unit comprising the genus Microgenomatus
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| OD1 | Parcubacteria | Paceibacter Pace’s bacterium
norman’i.i. N.L. gen. N. of Norman, referring to Norman Pace (Norman
Richard Pace, Jr. is an American biochemist, Distinguished Professor of
Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology at the University of Colorado, and principal investigator at the Pace lab)
-parcus (lat.), thrifty
A higher taxonomic unit comprising the genus Paceibacter
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| GN02 (BD1-5) | Gracilibacteria | -gracilis (lat.), slim, slender, slight, meager, simple
A higher taxonomic unit comprising the genus Altimarinus |
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| | OP9 | Atribacteria | A.tri.bac.te’ri.a. N.L. n.
A higher taxonomic unit comprising the genus Caldatribacterium
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| | EM19 | Calescamantes | Ca.lesc.a.man’tes. L. v. calesco, to become warm, grow hot; L. v. amo, to love, N.L. n. Calescamantes heat lovers
A higher taxonomic unit comprising the genus Calescibacterium
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| | CD12 (BHI80-139) | Aerophobetes | A.er.o.pho’bus. Gr. n. aer, air; Gr. adj. phobos, fear. N.L. n. Aerophobus, fearing of air (i.e., oxygen).
A higher taxonomic unit comprising the genus Aerophobus
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| | NKB19 | Hydrogenedentes | Hydrogenedens a hydrogen consumer te.re.phtha’li.cus. N.L. n. (acidum) terephthalicum, terephthalic acid. N.L. adj. terephthalicus, referring to the environment of isolation, a terephthalate reactor.
A higher taxonomic unit comprising the genus Hydrogenedens.
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| | OP1 | Acetothermia | Acetothermus indicates a vinegar organism living in hot places and ‘‘autotrophicum’’ (au.to.tro’phi.cum. Gr. pron.autos self; Gr. adj. trophikos nursing, tending or feeding; N.L. neut. adj. autotrophicum selfnursing or self-feeding).
A.ce.to.ther’mi.a. A highe taxonomic unit comprising the genus Acetothermum
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| | Oct-Spa1-106 | Fervidibacteria | Fer.vi.do.bac’ter. L. adj. fervidus, hot, steaming; -i-connecting vowel; N.L. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. n. Fervidibacter a hot rod. sac.cha’ri. N.L. n. saccharum, sugar; N.L. gen. n. sacchari, of sugar
Fer.vi.di.bac.te’ri.a. A higher taxonomic unit comprising the genus Fervidibacter |
| DPANN | pMC2A384 | Diapherotrites | (Dia.phe.ro.tri’tes. Gr. v. diaphero, to differ; Gr. adj. trítos the third; N.L. n.
Diapherotrites the 3rd HSM group discovered)
A higher taxonomic unit comprising the genus Iainarchaeum
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| ARMAN group | Parvarchaeota | Parv.ar.chae’a. A higher taxonomic unit comprising the genera Parvarchaeum and Micrarchaeum
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| DSEG | Aenigmarchaeota | Ae.nig.mar.chae’a. A higher taxonomic unit comprising the genus Aenigmarchaeum
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| | Nanohaloarchaeota | Na.no.ha.lo.ar.chae.o’ta. Gr. n. nanos, dwarf; Gr. n. hal, -los, salt; Gr. adj. archaios, old; N.L. suffix -ota ending to design a phylum; N.L. n. Nanohaloarchaeota, small salt-loving Archaeota. A higher taxonomic unit comprising the genus Nanosalina |
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