Name: Geopsychrobacteraceae Waite et al. 2020

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ge.o.psy.chro.bac.te.ra’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Geopsychrobacter, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Geopsychrobacteraceae, the family of the genus Geopsychrobacter

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ge-o-psy-k^hro-bak-te-RA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Geopsychrobacter Holmes et al. 2005

Valid 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. 🇳🇿

IJSEM list: 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.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Pelobacteraceae" Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Geobacteraceae Holmes et al. 2004. Publication: Holmes DE, Nicoll JS, Bond DR, Lovley DR. Potential role of a novel psychrotolerant member of the family Geobacteraceae, Geopsychrobacter electrodiphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., in electricity production by a marine sediment fuel cell. Appl Environ Microbiol 2004; 70:6023-6030. 🇺🇸
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Dehning and Schink (1989). 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: 14; ATCC: 6; NBRC: 4; JCM: 2; KCTC: 1; VKM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 6

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Desulfuromusa Liesack and Finster 1994	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geopsychrobacter Holmes et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Malonomonas Dehning and Schink 1990	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pelobacter Schink and Pfennig 1983	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pelovirga Khomyakova et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Seleniibacterium Waite et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Desulfuromonadales corrig. Kuever et al. 2006

Assigned by: 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. 🇳🇿

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