Name: "Geomobilibacter" Xu et al. 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ge.o.mo.bi.li.bac’ter. Gr. fem. n. gê, the earth; L. masc./fem. adj. mobilis, mobile; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod, staff; N.L. masc. n. Geomobilibacter, a mobile rod from the earth

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Geomobilibacter-), ge-o-mo-bi-li-BAK-ter

Type species: "Geomobilibacter argillaceus" (Shelobolina et al. 2007) Xu et al. 2021

Original 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. 🇯🇵

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Geobacter Lovley et al. 1995

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Trichlorobacter De Wever et al. 2001	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Geobacter Lovley et al. 1995	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Geobacter Lovley et al. 1995. Publication: Shelobolina ES, Nevin KP, Blakeney-Hayward JD, Johnsen CV, Plaia TW, Krader P, Woodard T, Holmes DE, Vanpraagh CG, Lovley DR. Geobacter pickeringii sp. nov., Geobacter argillaceus sp. nov. and Pelosinus fermentans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from subsurface kaolin lenses. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:126-135. 🇺🇸
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1; ATCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Geomobilibacter argillaceus" (Shelobolina et al. 2007) Xu et al. 2021	not validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Geobacteraceae Holmes et al. 2004

Assigned by: 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. 🇯🇵

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