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Genus Geomicrobium
Name: Geomicrobium Echigo et al. 2010
Etymology: Ge.o.mi.cro’bi.um. Gr. fem. n. gê, soil; N.L. neut. n. microbium, a microbe; N.L. neut. n. Geomicrobium, a microbe from soil
Gender: neuter (stem: Geomicrobi-)
Type species: Geomicrobium halophilum Echigo et al. 2010
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Echigo A, Minegishi H, Mizuki T, Kamekura M, Usami R. Geomicrobium halophilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic and alkaliphilic bacterium isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:990-995. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1480-1481.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Emendations:
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Xiong et al. 2013
Xiong ZJ, Zhang YG, Zhang DF, Liu BB, Li L, Zhang XM, Xu LH, Li WJ. Geomicrobium sediminis sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from a sediment sample collected from the South China Sea, and emended description of the genus Geomicrobium. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:1177-1183.
Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 20. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2191-2192.
Notes:- ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
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Xiong et al. 2013
Xiong ZJ, Zhang YG, Zhang DF, Liu BB, Li L, Zhang XM, Xu LH, Li WJ. Geomicrobium sediminis sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from a sediment sample collected from the South China Sea, and emended description of the genus Geomicrobium. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:1177-1183.
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Notes:
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🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Marinococcaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024.
Publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
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🧕 Li et al. (2024) assigned this genus to the family Marinococcaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024.
Publication:
Li Y, Zhang D, Bo D, Peng D, Sun M, Zheng J. A taxonomic note on the order Caryophanales: description of 12 novel families and emended description of 21 families. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6539.
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🧕 Xiong et al. (2013) assigned this genus to the order Bacillales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Xiong ZJ, Zhang YG, Zhang DF, Liu BB, Li L, Zhang XM, Xu LH, Li WJ. Geomicrobium sediminis sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from a sediment sample collected from the South China Sea, and emended description of the genus Geomicrobium. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:1177-1183.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; JCM: 2.
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🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Marinococcaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024.
Publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
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: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Geomicrobium halophilum Echigo et al. 2010 validly published under the ICNP correct name Geomicrobium sediminis Xiong et al. 2014 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Bacillaceae Fischer 1895 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Glaeser SP, McInroy JA, Busse HJ, Kampfer P. Pseudogracilibacillus auburnensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the rhizosphere of Zea mays. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2442-2448.
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