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)
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.
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.
🧍 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.
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