Name: Geobacteraceae Holmes et al. 2004

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ge.o.bac.ter.a’ce.ae N.L. masc. n. Geobacter, the type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Geobacteraceae, the Geobacter family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Geobacter Lovley et al. 1995

Valid publication: Holmes DE, Nevin KP, Lovley DR. 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.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:3-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Geobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Geothermobacteraceae Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Geopsychrobacteraceae Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Waite et al. 2020 Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 2 genera in the family.
    • Emendation accompanied by the removal of 4 genera from the family.

• Notes:
  • Waite et al. (2020) assigned this family to the order Geobacterales Waite et al. 2020. Publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.
  • Zavarzina et al. (2006) assigned the genus Geoalkalibacter Zavarzina et al. 2007 to this family. Publication: Zavarzina DG, Kolganova TV, Bulygina ES, Kostrikina NA, Turova TP, Zavarzin GA. [Geoalkalibacter ferrihydriticus gen. nov., sp. nov., the first alkaliphilic representative of the family Geobacteraceae, isolated from a soda lake]. Mikrobiologiia 2006; 75:775-785.
  • Recommended reviewers for taxonomic proposals in this group are the corresponding authors of Holmes et al. (2004).
  • 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. — Geobacteraceae Holmes et al. 2004 has priority over Geobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 8

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Citrifermentans Waite et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Geobacter Lovley et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geomonas Xu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geopsychrobacter Holmes et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geotalea Waite et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geothermobacter Kashefi et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Oryzomonas Xu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Trichlorobacter De Wever et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Desulfuromonadales corrig. Kuever et al. 2006

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, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1017.

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