Family Geobacteraceae
Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (→) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Geobacteraceae Holmes et al. 2004, fam. nov.
Type genus: ¤ Geobacter Lovley et al. 1995.
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Geobacter, the type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Geobacteraceae, the Geobacter family.
Valid publication: HOLMES (D.E.), NEVIN (K.P.) and LOVLEY (D.R.): Comparison of 16S rRNA, nifD, recA, gyrB, rpoB and fusA genes within the family Geobacteraceae fam. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 1591-1599.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Notes:
1 The family name Geobacteraceae is a N.L. fem. pl. n., not a N.L. neut. pl. n. as cited in the paper by Holmes et al. 2004.
2 Geobacteraceae Holmes et al. 2004 has priority over ¤ Geobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Geobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006, fam. nov.
Type genus: ¤ Geobacter Lovley et al. 1995.
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Geobacter, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Geobacteraceae, the Geobacter family.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 107. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1-6.
Effective publication: GARRITY (G.M.), BELL (J.A.) and LILBURN (T.): Family II. Geobacteraceae fam. nov. In: D.J. BRENNER, N.R. KRIEG, J.T. STALEY and G. M. GARRITY (editors), 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.
Validation List no. 107 in IJSEM Online
Note: ¤ Geobacteraceae Holmes et al. 2004 has priority.