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Genus Geoalkalibacter
Name: Geoalkalibacter Zavarzina et al. 2007
Etymology: Ge.o.al.ka.li.bac’ter. Gr. fem. n. gê, earth; Arabic article al, the; Arabic masc. n. qaly, ashes of saltwort; N.L. neut. n. alkali, alkali (indeclinable); N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Geoalkalibacter, a rod from alkaline earth
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Geoalkalibacter-), ge-o-al-ka-li-BAK-ter
Type species: Geoalkalibacter ferrihydriticus Zavarzina et al. 2007
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective 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. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 115. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:893-897.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Emendations:
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Greene et al. 2009
Greene AC, Patel BK, Yacob S. Geoalkalibacter subterraneus sp. nov., an anaerobic Fe(III)- and Mn(IV)-reducing bacterium from a petroleum reservoir, and emended descriptions of the family Desulfuromonadaceae and the genus Geoalkalibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:781-785.
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1557-1558.
Notes:- ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
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Greene et al. 2009
Greene AC, Patel BK, Yacob S. Geoalkalibacter subterraneus sp. nov., an anaerobic Fe(III)- and Mn(IV)-reducing bacterium from a petroleum reservoir, and emended descriptions of the family Desulfuromonadaceae and the genus Geoalkalibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:781-785.
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Notes:
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Geoalkalibacteraceae 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.
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🧕 Greene et al. (2009) assigned this genus to the family Desulfuromonadaceae corrig. Kuever et al. 2006.
Publication:
Greene AC, Patel BK, Yacob S. Geoalkalibacter subterraneus sp. nov., an anaerobic Fe(III)- and Mn(IV)-reducing bacterium from a petroleum reservoir, and emended descriptions of the family Desulfuromonadaceae and the genus Geoalkalibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:781-785.
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🧕 Zavarzina et al. (2006) assigned this genus to the family Geobacteraceae Holmes et al. 2004.
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.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Geaoalkalibacter".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 2; DSM: 2; MTCC: 1; KCTC: 1; VKM: 1.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Geoalkalibacteraceae 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.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 3
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Geoalkalibacter ferrihydriticus Zavarzina et al. 2007 validly published under the ICNP correct name "Geoalkalibacter halelectricus" Yadav et al. 2022 not validly published preferred name Geoalkalibacter subterraneus Greene et al. 2009 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Geoalkalibacteraceae Waite et al. 2020
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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