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 genus: "Candidatus Endomicrobium" Stingl et al. 2005

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

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published, later homonym

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no pro-standing)

Correct name: Endomicrobiia corrig. Zheng et al. 2018

• Synonyms:

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

• Notes:
  • 🚃 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 Endomicrobia Zheng et al. 2018.

Parent taxon: Elusimicrobiota Geissinger et al. 2021

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — 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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