Name: Parelusimicrobium proximum Mies et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pro’xi.mum. L. neut. adj. proximum, nearest, next, a neighbor of the genus Elusimicrobium

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … PRO-ksi-mum, neuter

Type strain: Dip518; DSM 104964; JCM 31829

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16S rRNA gene: PP951065 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Mies US, Zheng H, Platt K, Radek R, Paczia N, Treitli SC, Brune A. Comparative genomics of Elusimicrobiaceae (phylum Elusimicrobiota) and description of the isolates Elusimicrobium simillimum sp. nov., Elusimicrobium posterum sp. nov., and Parelusimicrobium proximum gen. nov. sp. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126606. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 226. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6910.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Parelusimicrobium Mies et al. 2025. Publication: Mies US, Zheng H, Platt K, Radek R, Paczia N, Treitli SC, Brune A. Comparative genomics of Elusimicrobiaceae (phylum Elusimicrobiota) and description of the isolates Elusimicrobium simillimum sp. nov., Elusimicrobium posterum sp. nov., and Parelusimicrobium proximum gen. nov. sp. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126606. 🇩🇪
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-12-16.

Parent taxon: Parelusimicrobium Mies et al. 2025

Assigned by: Mies US, Zheng H, Platt K, Radek R, Paczia N, Treitli SC, Brune A. Comparative genomics of Elusimicrobiaceae (phylum Elusimicrobiota) and description of the isolates Elusimicrobium simillimum sp. nov., Elusimicrobium posterum sp. nov., and Parelusimicrobium proximum gen. nov. sp. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126606. 🇩🇪

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