Name: "Candidatus Endomicrobium" Stingl et al. 2005

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: En.do.mi.cro’bi.um. Gr. pref. endo-, from G. endon, within; N.L. neut. n. microbium, microbe; N.L. neut. n. Endomicrobium, a microbe within [a protist]

Gender: neuter (stem: Endomicrobi-)

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

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.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Endomicrobium Zheng et al. 2018

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Endomicrobium Zheng et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Geissinger et al. (2009) assigned this genus to the phylum "Elusimicrobia" Geissinger et al. 2009. Publication: Geissinger O, Herlemann DP, Morschel E, Maier UG, Brune A. The ultramicrobacterium "Elusimicrobium minutum" gen. nov., sp. nov., the first cultivated representative of the termite group 1 phylum. Appl Environ Microbiol 2009; 75:2831-2840.

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: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Endomicrobium pyrsonymphae" Stingl et al. 2005	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Endomicrobium superficiale" Izawa et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Endomicrobium trichonymphae" Stingl et al. 2005	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Endomicrobiaceae Zheng et al. 2018

Assigned by: 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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