Name: "Pseudopelobacteraceae" Waite et al. 2020

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Pseu.do.pe.lo.bac.te.ra’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Pseudopelobacter, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Pseudopelobacteraceae, the family of the genus Pseudopelobacter

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pse͡u-do-pe-lo-bak-te-RA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: "Pseudopelobacter" Waite et al. 2020

Original 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. 🇳🇿

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Geopsychrobacteraceae Waite et al. 2020

• Synonyms:

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

• 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. 🇳🇿
  • 🧒 Waite et al. (2020) assigned the genus Trichlorobacter De Wever et al. 2001 to this family. 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. 🇳🇿
  • 🧒 Waite et al. (2020) assigned the genus "Pseudopelobacter" Waite et al. 2020 to this family. 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. 🇳🇿
  • 🧒 Xu et al. (2021) assigned the genus Pelotalea Xu et al. 2022 to this family. Publication: Xu Z, Masuda Y, Wang X, Ushijima N, Shiratori Y, Senoo K, Itoh H. Genome-Based Taxonomic Rearrangement of the Order Geobacterales Including the Description of Geomonas azotofigens sp. nov. and Geomonas diazotrophica sp. nov. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:737531. 🇯🇵
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Desulfuromonadaceae corrig. Kuever et al. 2006. Publication: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612. 🇩🇪
  • 🧍 Considered not validly published: type genus not validly published. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Christensen H, Goker M, Manaia CM, Moore ERB. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2025 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6979. 🇮🇱

Parent taxon: Desulfuromonadales corrig. Kuever et al. 2006

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — 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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