Name: "Candidatus Endomicrobia" Stingl et al. 2005

Category: Class

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Endomicrobium, type genus of the type order Endomicrobiales; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ia, ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Endomicrobia, the class of Endomicrobium

Gender: neuter

Type order: Endomicrobiales Zheng et al. 2018

Original publication: Stingl U, Radek R, Yang H, Brune A. "Endomicrobia": cytoplasmic symbionts of termite gut protozoa form a separate phylum of prokaryotes. Appl Environ Microbiol 2005; 71:1473-1479.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Endomicrobiia corrig. Zheng et al. 2018

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Endomicrobia Zheng et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Endomicrobiia corrig. Zheng et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned this class to the phylum Elusimicrobiota Geissinger et al. 2021. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.
  • 🧕 Zheng et al. (2016) assigned this class to the phylum "Elusimicrobia" Geissinger et al. 2009. Publication: Zheng H, Dietrich C, Radek R, Brune A. 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 2016; 18:191-204.
  • 🛺 The type order of this class has been placed in the class Endomicrobiia corrig. Zheng et al. 2018. Publication: Zheng H, Dietrich C, Radek R, Brune A. 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 2016; 18:191-204.

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