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Genus Geosporobacter
Name: Geosporobacter Klouche et al. 2007
Etymology: Ge.o.spo.ro.bac’ter. Gr. fem. n. gê, the earth; Gr. fem. n. spora, a seed and, in biology, a spore; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Geosporobacter, a sporulated rod from the earth
Gender: masculine (stem: Geosporobacter-)
Type species: Geosporobacter subterraneus Klouche et al. 2007
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Klouche N, Fardeau ML, Lascourreges JF, Cayol JL, Hacene H, Thomas P, Magot M. Geosporobacter subterraneus gen. nov., sp. nov., a spore-forming bacterium isolated from a deep subsurface aquifer. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1757-1761. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2451-2452.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Thermotaleaceae 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.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.04542 (N = 11).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 2; KCTC: 1; DSM: 1.
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🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Thermotaleaceae 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 Geosporobacter ferrireducens Hong et al. 2021 validly published under the ICNP correct name Geosporobacter subterraneus Klouche et al. 2007 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Clostridiaceae Pribram 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Hong H, Kim SJ, Min UG, Lee YJ, Kim SG, Jung MY, Seo YS, Rhee SK. Geosporobacter ferrireducens sp. nov., an anaerobic iron-reducing bacterium isolated from an oil-contaminated site. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:971-977.
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Record number: 517626
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