Etymology:Gr. fem. n.gê, earth; Gr. neut. n.derma (gen. dermatos), skin; N.L. masc. adj. suff.-philus, friend, loving; from Gr. masc. adj.philos, on; N.L. masc. n.Geodermatophilus, (bacteria) loving earth and skin (a group of microorganisms that live in the soil, yet that love the skin, by analogy to the genus Dermatophilus, the actinobacterial genus causing a skin disease, that has similar morphological features)
heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Emendations:
Montero-Calasanz et al. 2017
Montero-Calasanz MDC, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Zhang DF, Yaramis A, Rohde M, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Schumann P, Li WJ, Goker M. Genome-Scale Data Call for a Taxonomic Rearrangement of Geodermatophilaceae. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2501.
Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 28. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2137-2138. Notes:
⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 4 species from the genus.
Notes:
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Geodermatophilaceae Normand 2006.Publication:
Normand P. Geodermatophilaceae fam. nov., a formal description. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2277-2278.
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Geodermatophilales Sen et al. 2014.Publication:
Sen A, Daubin V, Abrouk D, Gifford I, Berry AM, Normand P. Phylogeny of the class Actinobacteria revisited in the light of complete genomes. The orders 'Frankiales' and Micrococcales should be split into coherent entities: proposal of Frankiales ord. nov., Geodermatophilales ord. nov., Acidothermales ord. nov. and Nakamurellales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3821-3832.
🧕 Cavalier-Smith (1981) assigned this genus to the subkingdom "Eubacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1981.Publication:
Cavalier-Smith T. Eukaryote kingdoms: seven or nine? Biosystems 1981; 14:461-481.
🧕 Goodfellow and Williams (1983) assigned this genus to the uncategorized "Multilocular" Goodfellow and Williams 1983.Publication:
Goodfellow M, Williams ST. Ecology of actinomycetes. Annu Rev Microbiol 1983; 37:189-216.
🧕 Sen et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the order Geodermatophilales Sen et al. 2014.Publication:
Sen A, Daubin V, Abrouk D, Gifford I, Berry AM, Normand P. Phylogeny of the class Actinobacteria revisited in the light of complete genomes. The orders 'Frankiales' and Micrococcales should be split into coherent entities: proposal of Frankiales ord. nov., Geodermatophilales ord. nov., Acidothermales ord. nov. and Nakamurellales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3821-3832.
🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Ceodermatophilus"; "Geodematophilus"; "Geodemzatophilus"; "Geodennatophilus"; "Geodermatophi"; "Geodermatophitus"; "Geodermatoptia"; "Geodernematophilus".
💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Hezbri et al. (2015). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 25; CCUG: 10; JCM: 5; CECT: 5; CGMCC: 2; KCTC: 2; NBRC: 2; NCIMB: 1; ATCC: 1; NRRL: 1.
🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "GDMF" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer.Publication:
Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
Subdivision:
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 20 Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 24 Total number of child taxa: 25