Genus "Candidatus Endomicrobiellum"

Name: "Candidatus Endomicrobiellum" Mies and Brune 2024

Category, proposed as: genus, Candidatus

Etymology: En.do.mi.cro.bi.el’lum. Gr. pref. endo-, within; N.L. neut. dim. n. microbiellum, a small microbe; N.L. neut. dim. n. Endomicrobiellum, a small microbe that occurs within (a host cell)

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Endomicrobiell-), en-do-mi-kro-bi-EL-lum

Type species: "Candidatus Endomicrobiellum trichonymphae" (Stingl et al. 2005) Mies and Brune 2024

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Mies US, Herve V, Kropp T, Platt K, Sillam-Dusses D, Sobotnik J, Brune A. Genome reduction and horizontal gene transfer in the evolution of Endomicrobia-rise and fall of an intracellular symbiosis with termite gut flagellates. mBio 2024; 15:e0082624. 🇩🇪

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no pro-standing)

Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Endomicrobium" Stingl et al. 2005

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Endomicrobium" Stingl et al. 2005	heterotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus "Candidatus Endomicrobium" Stingl et al. 2005. 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. 🇩🇪

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 20

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Endomicrobiellum africanum" Mies and Brune 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Endomicrobiellum agilis" Mies and Brune 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Endomicrobiellum basalitermitum" Mies and Brune 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Endomicrobiellum calonymphae" Mies and Brune 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Endomicrobiellum cryptotermitis" Mies and Brune 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Endomicrobiellum cubanum" Mies and Brune 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Endomicrobiellum devescovinae" Mies and Brune 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Endomicrobiellum dinenymphae" (Stephens et al. 2022) Mies and Brune 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Endomicrobiellum glyptotermitis" Mies and Brune 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Endomicrobiellum guadaloupense" Mies and Brune 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Endomicrobiellum incisitermitis" Mies and Brune 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Endomicrobiellum mastotermitis" Mies and Brune 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Endomicrobiellum meruensis" Mies and Brune 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Endomicrobiellum mixotrichae" Fu et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Endomicrobiellum neotermitis" Mies and Brune 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Endomicrobiellum porotermitis" Mies and Brune 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Endomicrobiellum pyrsonymphae" (Stingl et al. 2005) Mies and Brune 2024	not validly published	synonym
    "Candidatus Endomicrobiellum roisinitermitis" Mies and Brune 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Endomicrobiellum siamense" Mies and Brune 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Endomicrobiellum trichonymphae" (Stingl et al. 2005) Mies and Brune 2024	not validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Endomicrobiaceae Zheng et al. 2018

Assigned by: Mies US, Herve V, Kropp T, Platt K, Sillam-Dusses D, Sobotnik J, Brune A. Genome reduction and horizontal gene transfer in the evolution of Endomicrobia-rise and fall of an intracellular symbiosis with termite gut flagellates. mBio 2024; 15:e0082624. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 48604