Name: Endomicrobia Zheng et al. 2018

Category: Class

Proposed as: class. nov.

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 (sic)

Gender: neuter

Type genus: Endomicrobium Zheng et al. 2018

Effective 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.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 180. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:693-694.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Correct name: Endomicrobiia corrig. Zheng et al. 2018

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Endomicrobia" Stingl et al. 2005	heterotypic synonym, not pro-validly published, later homonym
    Endomicrobiia corrig. Zheng et al. 2018	corrected spelling of name, 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 genus of this class has alternatively been placed in the class "Elusimicrobiia" Cavalier-Smith 2020. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this class has alternatively 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.
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Candidatus Endomicrobia" Stingl et al. 2005.
  • 🧍 Nomenclatural type changed from Endomicrobiales Zheng et al. 2018 based on new Rule 22. Publication: Oren A. Emendation of Rules 8, 15, 22, 25a, 30(3)(b), 30(4), 34a, and Appendix 7 of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6070.

Parent taxon: Elusimicrobiota Geissinger et al. 2021

Assigned by: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.

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