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, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Endomicrobi-), en-do-mi-KRO-bi-um

Type species: "Candidatus Endomicrobium trichonymphae" Stingl et al. 2005

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective 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

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Endomicrobiellum" Mies and Brune 2024	heterotypic synonym, not pro-validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class "Candidatus Endomicrobia" 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. 🇩🇪
  • 🧕 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. 🇩🇪
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus Endomicrobiellum" Mies and Brune 2024. 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. 🇩🇪
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of Endomicrobium Zheng et al. 2018.

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: 9

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Endomicrobium dinenymphae" Stephens et al. 2022	not validly published	synonym
    "Candidatus Endomicrobium embiratermitis" Mies and Brune 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Endomicrobium labiotermitis" Mies and Brune 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Endomicrobium macrotermitis" Mies and Brune 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Endomicrobium neocapritermitis" Mies and Brune 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Endomicrobium procryptotermitis" Mies and Brune 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Endomicrobium pyrsonymphae" Stingl et al. 2005	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Endomicrobium superficiale" Izawa et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Endomicrobium trichonymphae" Stingl et al. 2005	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: Endomicrobiaceae Zheng et al. 2018

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. — 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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