Genus Elusimicrobium
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Elusimicrobium Geissinger et al. 2010, gen. nov. (Type genus of the order ¤ Elusimicrobiales Geissinger et al. 2010; type genus of the family ¤ Elusimicrobiaceae Geissinger et al. 2010).
Type species: ¤ Elusimicrobium minutum Geissinger et al. 2010.
Etymology: L. part. adj. elusus (from L. verb. eludo), to delude, deceive, mock (with the accessory notion of mockery); here intended to mean escaped from capture; N.L. neut. n. microbium, a microbe; N.L. neut. n. Elusimicrobium, an elusive microbe, hard to find, capture or isolate.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 132. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 469-472.
Effective publication: GEISSINGER (O.), HERLEMANN (D.P.R.), MÖRSCHEL (E.), MAIER (U.G.) and BRUNE (A.): The ultramicrobacterium "Elusimicrobium minutum" gen. nov., sp. nov., the first cultivated representative of the Termite Group 1 phylum. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 2009, 75, 2831-2840.
Validation List no. 132 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Elusimicrobium minutum Geissinger et al. 2010, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Pei191 = ATCC BAA-1559 = JCM 14958.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AM490846, CP001055 (complete genome).
Etymology: L. neut. adj. minutum, very small, minute.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 132. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 469-472.
Effective publication: GEISSINGER (O.), HERLEMANN (D.P.R.), MÖRSCHEL (E.), MAIER (U.G.) and BRUNE (A.): The ultramicrobacterium "Elusimicrobium minutum" gen. nov., sp. nov., the first cultivated representative of the Termite Group 1 phylum. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 2009, 75, 2831-2840.
Validation List no. 132 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online