Name: Geotalea Waite et al. 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Geo.ta’le.a. Gr. fem. n. gê, the Earth; L. fem. n. talea, a rod; N.L. fem. n. Geotalea, a rod from the earth or soil

Gender: feminine (stem: Geotale-)

Type species: Geotalea uraniireducens (Shelobolina et al. 2008) Waite et al. 2020

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Geobacter Lovley et al. 1995. Publication: Shelobolina ES, Vrionis HA, Findlay RH, Lovley DR. Geobacter uraniireducens sp. nov., isolated from subsurface sediment undergoing uranium bioremediation. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1075-1078.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 3; DSM: 2; ATCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Geotalea daltonii (Prakash et al. 2010) Waite et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geotalea toluenoxydans (Kunapuli et al. 2010) Waite et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geotalea uraniireducens (Shelobolina et al. 2008) Waite et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Geobacteraceae Holmes et al. 2004

Assigned by: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.

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