Name: Geodermatophilus Luedemann 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ge.o.der.ma.to’phi.lus. Gr. fem. n. gê, earth; Gr. neut. n. derma (gen. dermatos), skin; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, friend, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, on; N.L. masc. n. Geodermatophilus, (bacteria) loving earth and skin (a group of microorganisms that live in the soil, yet that love the skin, by analogy to the genus Dermatophilus, the actinobacterial genus causing a skin disease, that has similar morphological features)

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Geodermatophil-), ge-o-der-ma-TO-p^hi-lus

Type species: Geodermatophilus obscurus Luedemann 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Luedemann GM. Geodermatophilus, a new genus of the Dermatophilaceae (Actinomycetales). J Bacteriol 1968; 96:1848-1858.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Pleomorpha" Montero-Calasanz et al. 2022	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Pleomorpha Montero-Calasanz et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Petropleomorpha Li 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Montero-Calasanz et al. 2017 Montero-Calasanz MDC, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Zhang DF, Yaramis A, Rohde M, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Schumann P, Li WJ, Goker M. Genome-Scale Data Call for a Taxonomic Rearrangement of Geodermatophilaceae. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2501. 🇬🇧 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 28. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2137-2138.
    Notes:
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 4 species from the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Geodermatophilaceae Normand 2006. Publication: Normand P. Geodermatophilaceae fam. nov., a formal description. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2277-2278. 🇫🇷
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Geodermatophilales Sen et al. 2014. Publication: Sen A, Daubin V, Abrouk D, Gifford I, Berry AM, Normand P. Phylogeny of the class Actinobacteria revisited in the light of complete genomes. The orders 'Frankiales' and Micrococcales should be split into coherent entities: proposal of Frankiales ord. nov., Geodermatophilales ord. nov., Acidothermales ord. nov. and Nakamurellales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3821-3832. 🇫🇷
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (1981) assigned this genus to the subkingdom "Eubacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1981. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. Eukaryote kingdoms: seven or nine? Biosystems 1981; 14:461-481.
  • 🧕 Goodfellow and Williams (1983) assigned this genus to the uncategorized "Multilocular" Goodfellow and Williams 1983. Publication: Goodfellow M, Williams ST. Ecology of actinomycetes. Annu Rev Microbiol 1983; 37:189-216.
  • 🧕 Sen et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the order Geodermatophilales Sen et al. 2014. Publication: Sen A, Daubin V, Abrouk D, Gifford I, Berry AM, Normand P. Phylogeny of the class Actinobacteria revisited in the light of complete genomes. The orders 'Frankiales' and Micrococcales should be split into coherent entities: proposal of Frankiales ord. nov., Geodermatophilales ord. nov., Acidothermales ord. nov. and Nakamurellales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3821-3832. 🇫🇷
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Ceodermatophilus"; "Geodematophilus"; "Geodemzatophilus"; "Geodennatophilus"; "Geodermatophi"; "Geodermatophitus"; "Geodermatoptia"; "Geodernematophilus".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Hezbri et al. (2015). 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: 26; CCUG: 10; MTCC: 8; CECT: 5; JCM: 5; CCTCC: 2; NBRC: 2; KCTC: 2; ATCC: 2; NCIMB: 2.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "GDMF" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 21
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 25
Total number of child taxa: 26

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Geodermatophilus africanus Montero-Calasanz et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geodermatophilus amargosae Montero-Calasanz et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geodermatophilus aquaeductus Hezbri et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geodermatophilus arenarius Montero-Calasanz et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geodermatophilus brasiliensis Bertazzo et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Geodermatophilus bullaregiensis Hezbri et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geodermatophilus chilensis Castro et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geodermatophilus daqingensis Wang et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geodermatophilus dictyosporus Montero-Calasanz et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geodermatophilus maliterrae Ben Tekaya et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geodermatophilus marinus Li et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geodermatophilus nigrescens Nie et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geodermatophilus normandii Montero-Calasanz et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geodermatophilus obscurus Luedemann 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geodermatophilus poikilotrophi Montero-Calasanz et al. 2015	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Geodermatophilus poikilotrophus corrig. Montero-Calasanz et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geodermatophilus pulveris Hezbri et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geodermatophilus ruber Zhang et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geodermatophilus sabuli Hezbri et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geodermatophilus saharensis Montero-Calasanz et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geodermatophilus siccatus Montero-Calasanz et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geodermatophilus soli Jin et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Geodermatophilus taihuensis Qu et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Geodermatophilus telluris Montero-Calasanz et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geodermatophilus terrae Jin et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Geodermatophilus tzadiensis Montero-Calasanz et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Geodermatophilaceae Normand 2006

Assigned by: Normand P. Geodermatophilaceae fam. nov., a formal description. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2277-2278. 🇫🇷

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