Genus Endomicrobium
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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").
Endomicrobium Zheng et al. 2018, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Endomicrobium proavitum Zheng et al. 2018.
Etymology: Pref. endo- (from Gr. endon, within); N.L. neut. n. microbium, microbe; N.L. neut. n. Endomicrobium, a genus of microbes that occur within (termite gut flagellates).
Valid publication: VALIDATION LIST no. 180. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68 (2018), 693-694.
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Effective publication: ZHENG, H., DIETRICH, C., RADEK, R. and BRUNE, A. 2016. Endomicrobium proavitum, the first isolate of Endomicrobia class. nov. (phylum Elusimicrobia)--an ultramicrobacterium with an unusual cell cycle that fixes nitrogen with a Group IV nitrogenase. Environ. Microbiol., 1, 191-204.
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Endomicrobium proavitum Zheng et al. 2018, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Rsa215=DSM 29378=JCM 32103 [formerly assigned as JCM 30189].
Sequence accession no. (complete genome) for the type strain: CP009498.
Whole-genome sequence accession no.: CP009498.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. proavitum [from proavus, ancestor], belonging to the ancestors; E. proavitum, a species ancestral to the intracellular symbionts in the genus Endomicrobium.
Source: Animal.
Valid publication: VALIDATION LIST no. 180. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68 (2018), 693-694.
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Effective publication: ZHENG, H., DIETRICH, C., RADEK, R. and BRUNE, A. 2016. Endomicrobium proavitum, the first isolate of Endomicrobia class. nov. (phylum Elusimicrobia)--an ultramicrobacterium with an unusual cell cycle that fixes nitrogen with a Group IV nitrogenase. Environ. Microbiol., 1, 191-204.
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