The phylum Elusimicrobiota, previously known as "Termite Group 1", has been shown to be widespread in different ecosystems like marine environment, sewage sludge, contaminated sites and soils, and toxic wastes. The high abundance of Elusimicrobiota representatives is only seen for the lineage of symbionts found in
termite
Termites are small insects that live in colonies and have distinct castes (eusocial) and feed on wood or other dead plant matter. Termites comprise the infraorder Isoptera, or alternatively the epifamily Termitoidae, within the order Blattode ...
s and ants.
The first organism to be cultured was ''
Elusimicrobium minutum
''Elusimicrobium minutum'' is an ultramicrobacterium and first accepted member to be cultured of a major bacterial lineage previously known only as candidate phylum Termite Gut 1 (TG1), which has accordingly been renamed phylum Elusimicrobiota. ...
''; however, two other species have been partially described and placed in a separate class, known as
Endomicrobia.
Phylogeny
Taxonomy
The currently accepted taxonomy is based solemnly on the
List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) is an online database that maintains information on the naming and taxonomy of prokaryotes, following the taxonomy requirements and rulings of the International Code of Nomenclature ...
(LPSN) and
National Center for Biotechnology Information
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(NCBI)
* Phylum Elusimicrobiota
Geissinger et al. 2021
** Class "
Elusimicrobiia"
Oren, Parte & Garrity 2016 ex Cavalier-Smith 2020 lusimicrobia Geissinger et al. 2010*** Order
Elusimicrobiales Geissinger et al. 2010
**** Family
Elusimicrobiaceae Geissinger et al. 2010
***** Genus "''Ca.''
Avelusimicrobium"
Gilroy et al. 2021
****** Species "''Ca.''
A. excrementipullorum"
Gilroy et al. 2021
***** Genus ''
Elusimicrobium''
Geissinger et al. 2010
****** Species ''
E. minutum''
Geissinger et al. 2010
** Class
Endomicrobia (sic) Zheng et al. 2018
*** Order
Endomicrobiales Zheng et al. 2018
**** Family
Endomicrobiaceae Zheng et al. 2018
***** Genus ''
Endomicrobium''
Zheng et al. 2018
****** Species ''
E. proavitum''
Zheng et al. 2018
****** Species "''Ca.''
E. pyrsonymphae"
Stingl et al. 2005
****** Species "''Ca.''
E. superficiale"
Izawa et al. 2017
****** Species "''Ca.''
E. trichonymphae"
Stingl et al. 2005
See also
*
List of bacterial orders
This article lists the orders of the Bacteria. The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
and the phylogeny is based on 16S ...
*
List of bacteria genera This article lists the genera of the bacteria. The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). However many taxonomic names are ...
References
Bacteria phyla
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