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

Gender: 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

Correct name: Elusimicrobiota Geissinger et al. 2021

• Synonyms:

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

• 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.
  • Zheng et al. (2016) assigned the class Endomicrobia 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.

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