Name: Geothrix Coates et al. 1999

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ge’o.thrix. Gr. fem. n. Gaîa, Earth; Gr. fem. n. thrix, hair; N.L. fem. n. Geothrix, hair-like cell from the earth

Gender: feminine (stem: Geotrich-)

Type species: Geothrix fermentans Coates et al. 1999

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Coates JD, Ellis DJ, Gaw CV, Lovley DR. Geothrix fermentans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Fe(III)-reducing bacterium from a hydrocarbon-contaminated aquifer. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1615-1622.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 2000; 50:5-7.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Itoh et al. 2023 Itoh H, Sugisawa Y, Mise K, Xu Z, Kuniyasu M, Ushijima N, Kawano K, Kobayashi E, Shiratori Y, Masuda Y, et al. Mesoterricola silvestris gen. nov., sp. nov., Mesoterricola sediminis sp. nov., Geothrix oryzae sp. nov., Geothrix edaphica sp. nov., Geothrix rubra sp. nov., and Geothrix limicola sp. nov., six novel members of Acidobacteriota isolated from soils. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6073. Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6158.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 4 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family "Acidobacteriaceae". Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this genus to the order Acidobacteriales Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Leothrix".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Han et al. (2023), Han et al. (2024). 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: JCM: 6; NBRC: 4; MCCC: 4; DSM: 1; KCTC: 1; ATCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 12
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 12
Total number of child taxa: 14

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Geothrix alkalitolerans Han et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geothrix campi Han et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geothrix edaphica Itoh et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geothrix fermentans Coates et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geothrix fuzhouensis Han et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geothrix limicola Itoh et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geothrix mesophila Han et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Geothrix odensensis" Kristensen et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Geothrix oryzae Itoh et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geothrix oryzisoli Han et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geothrix paludis Han et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geothrix rubra Itoh et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Geothrix skivensis" Kristensen et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Geothrix terrae Han et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Holophagaceae Fukunaga et al. 2008

Assigned by: Fukunaga Y, Kurahashi M, Yanagi K, Yokota A, Harayama S. Acanthopleuribacter pedis gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from a chiton, and description of Acanthopleuribacteraceae fam. nov., Acanthopleuribacterales ord. nov., Holophagaceae fam. nov., Holophagales ord. nov. and Holophagae classis nov. in the phylum 'Acidobacteria'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2597-2601.

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