Name: Geobacter Lovley et al. 1995
Etymology: Ge.o.bac.ter. Gr. fem. n. gê, the earth; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a small rod; N.L. masc. n. Geobacter, a rod from the earth
Gender: masculine (stem: Geobacter-)
Type species: Geobacter metallireducens Lovley et al. 1995
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication: Lovley DR, Giovannoni SJ, White DC, Champine JE, Phillips EJ, Gorby YA, Goodwin S. Geobacter metallireducens gen. nov. sp. nov., a microorganism capable of coupling the complete oxidation of organic compounds to the reduction of iron and other metals. Arch Microbiol 1993; 159:336-344.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 54. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:619-620.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Name | Kind |
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Trichlorobacter De Wever et al. 2001 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
"Geomobilibacter" Xu et al. 2021 | heterotypic synonym, not validly published |
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 12
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 20
Total number of child taxa: 24
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
---|---|---|
Geobacter anodireducens Sun et al. 2014 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Geobacter argillaceus Shelobolina et al. 2007 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Geobacter bemidjiensis Nevin et al. 2005 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Geobacter benzoatilyticus Yang et al. 2022 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Geobacter bremensis Straub and Buchholz-Cleven 2001 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Geobacter chapellei Coates et al. 2001 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Geobacter daltonii Prakash et al. 2010 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
"Candidatus Geobacter eutrophica" Mei et al. 2018 | inaccurate spelling | misspelling (and no standing) |
"Candidatus Geobacter eutrophicus" corrig. Mei et al. 2018 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Geobacter grbiciae Coates et al. 2001 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Geobacter humireducens" Coates et al. 2001 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Geobacter hydrogenophilus Coates et al. 2001 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Geobacter lovleyi Sung et al. 2009 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Geobacter luticola Viulu et al. 2013 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Geobacter metallireducens Lovley et al. 1995 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Geobacter pelophilus Straub and Buchholz-Cleven 2001 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Geobacter pickeringii Shelobolina et al. 2007 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Geobacter psychrophilus Nevin et al. 2005 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Geobacter soli Zhou et al. 2014 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Geobacter sulfurreducens Caccavo et al. 1995 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Geobacter thiogenes (De Wever et al. 2001) Nevin et al. 2007 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Geobacter toluenoxydans Kunapuli et al. 2010 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Geobacter uraniireducens Shelobolina et al. 2008 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
"Geobacter uraniumreducens" Zavarzina et al. 2006 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Parent taxon: Geobacteraceae Holmes et al. 2004
Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family II. Geobacteraceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria) part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1017.
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