Name: Geochorda Karnachuk et al. 2025

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ge.o.chor’da. Gr. fem. n. gê, the Earth; L. fem. n. chorda, chord, string; N.L. fem. n. Geochorda, Earth string

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Geochord-), ge-o-K^HOR-da

Type species: Geochorda subterranea Karnachuk et al. 2025

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Karnachuk OV, Lukina AP, Avakyan MR, Kadnikov VV, Begmatov S, Beletsky AV, Vlasova KG, Novikov AA, Shcherbakova VA, Mardanov AV, et al. Novel thermophilic genera Geochorda gen. nov. and Carboxydochorda gen. nov. from the deep terrestrial subsurface reveal the ecophysiological diversity in the class Limnochordia. Frontiers in Microbiology 2024; 15:0.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 222. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6640.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Geochordaceae Karnachuk et al. 2025. Publication: Karnachuk OV, Lukina AP, Avakyan MR, Kadnikov VV, Begmatov S, Beletsky AV, Vlasova KG, Novikov AA, Shcherbakova VA, Mardanov AV, et al. Novel thermophilic genera Geochorda gen. nov. and Carboxydochorda gen. nov. from the deep terrestrial subsurface reveal the ecophysiological diversity in the class Limnochordia. Frontiers in Microbiology 2024; 15:0.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: VKM: 1; JCM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Geochorda subterranea Karnachuk et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Geochordaceae Karnachuk et al. 2025

Assigned by: Karnachuk OV, Lukina AP, Avakyan MR, Kadnikov VV, Begmatov S, Beletsky AV, Vlasova KG, Novikov AA, Shcherbakova VA, Mardanov AV, et al. Novel thermophilic genera Geochorda gen. nov. and Carboxydochorda gen. nov. from the deep terrestrial subsurface reveal the ecophysiological diversity in the class Limnochordia. Frontiers in Microbiology 2024; 15:0.

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