Name: Geomonas Xu et al. 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ge.o.mo’nas. Gr. fem. n. gê, the earth; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Geomonas, a monad from the earth

Gender: feminine (stem: Geomonad-)

Type species: Geomonas oryzae Xu et al. 2020

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Xu Z, Masuda Y, Itoh H, Ushijima N, Shiratori Y, Senoo K. Geomonas oryzae gen. nov., sp. nov., Geomonas edaphica sp. nov., Geomonas ferrireducens sp. nov., Geomonas terrae sp. nov., Four Ferric-Reducing Bacteria Isolated From Paddy Soil, and Reclassification of Three Species of the Genus Geobacter as Members of the Genus Geomonas gen. nov. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2201.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 191. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Citrifermentans Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Itoh et al. 2021 Itoh H, Xu Z, Masuda Y, Ushijima N, Hayakawa C, Shiratori Y, Senoo K. Geomonas silvestris sp. nov., Geomonas paludis sp. nov. and Geomonas limicola sp. nov., isolated from terrestrial environments, and emended description of the genus Geomonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4607. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4725.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 3 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Ludwig et al. (2021) assigned this genus to the family "Geomonasaceae". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Geomonas" Khan et al. 2020.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Yang et al. (2023), Xu et al. (2021). 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: MCCC: 11; NBRC: 9; KCTC: 5; JCM: 3; DSM: 3; ATCC: 3.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 18
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 18
Total number of child taxa: 19

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Geomonas agri Yang et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geomonas anaerohicana Zhang et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geomonas azotofigens Xu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geomonas bemidjiensis (Nevin et al. 2005) Xu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geomonas bremensis (Straub and Buchholz-Cleven 2001) Xu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geomonas diazotrophica Xu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geomonas edaphica Xu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geomonas ferrireducens Xu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geomonas fuzhouensis Yang et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geomonas limicola Itoh et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geomonas nitrogeniifigens Liu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geomonas oryzae Xu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geomonas oryzisoli Liu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geomonas paludis Itoh et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Geomonas pelophila" (Straub and Buchholz-Cleven 2001) Xu et al. 2019	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Geomonas propionica Zhang et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geomonas silvestris Itoh et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geomonas subterranea Liu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geomonas terrae Xu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Geobacteraceae Holmes et al. 2004

Assigned by: Xu Z, Masuda Y, Itoh H, Ushijima N, Shiratori Y, Senoo K. Geomonas oryzae gen. nov., sp. nov., Geomonas edaphica sp. nov., Geomonas ferrireducens sp. nov., Geomonas terrae sp. nov., Four Ferric-Reducing Bacteria Isolated From Paddy Soil, and Reclassification of Three Species of the Genus Geobacter as Members of the Genus Geomonas gen. nov. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2201.

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