Phylum "Elusimicrobia"

Name: "Elusimicrobia" Geissinger et al. 2009

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

Etymology: E.lu.si.mi.cro’bi.a. N.L. neut. n. Elusimicrobium, a genus of Bacteria; N.L. neut. pl. n. Elusimicrobia, phylum of the genus Elusimicrobium (nominative plural of Elusimicrobium)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: e-lu-si-mi-KRO-bi-a, neuter

Type order: Elusimicrobiales Geissinger et al. 2010

Original 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. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 132. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:469-472.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Elusimicrobiota Geissinger et al. 2021

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Elusimicrobiota" Whitman et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published
"Elusimicrobaeota" Oren et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, not validly published
Elusimicrobiota Geissinger et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 🧕 Geissinger et al. (2009) assigned this phylum to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990. 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. 🇩🇪
- 🧒 Geissinger et al. (2009) assigned the class Elusimicrobia Geissinger et al. 2010 to this phylum. 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. 🇩🇪
- 🧒 Geissinger et al. (2009) assigned the genus "Candidatus Endomicrobium" Stingl et al. 2005 to this phylum. 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. 🇩🇪
- 🧒 Zheng et al. (2016) assigned the class "Candidatus Endomicrobia" Stingl et al. 2005 to this phylum. 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. 🇩🇪
- 🧒 Zheng et al. (2016) assigned the class Endomicrobiia corrig. Zheng et al. 2018 to this phylum. 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 occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Elusomicrobia".
- 🧍 The formation of this name was discussed in Judicial Opinion 129. Publication: Arahal et al. Judicial Opinion No. 129. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6064.

Parent taxon: Pseudomonadati (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Oren and Göker 2024

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. — Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242. 🇩🇪

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Phylum "Elusimicrobia"