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Phylum "Elusimicrobia"

Classification: 

Bacteria Pseudomonadati "Elusimicrobia"

Name: "Elusimicrobia" Geissinger et al. 2009

Category, proposed as: phylum, 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

  • 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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