Genus "Irobacter"

Name: "Irobacter" Anestis et al. 2026

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Gender: masculine (stem: Irobacter-)

Type species: "Irobacter psychrophilus" (Nevin et al. 2005) Anestis et al. 2026

Original publication: Anestis K, Rai A, Jovicic D, Rotaru AE. Phylogenomics of Desulfuromonadia supports reclassification of Geobacter psychrophilus as Irobacter psychrophilus comb. nov. and proposal of Geosyntrophus gen. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2026; 49:126769. 🇩🇰

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Geobacter Lovley et al. 1995

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Geobacter Lovley et al. 1995	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Trichlorobacter De Wever et al. 2001	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Geomobilibacter" Xu et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Anestis et al. (2026) assigned this genus to the family "Pseudopelobacteraceae" Waite et al. 2020. Publication: Anestis K, Rai A, Jovicic D, Rotaru AE. Phylogenomics of Desulfuromonadia supports reclassification of Geobacter psychrophilus as Irobacter psychrophilus comb. nov. and proposal of Geosyntrophus gen. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2026; 49:126769. 🇩🇰
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Geobacter Lovley et al. 1995. Publication: Nevin KP, Holmes DE, Woodard TL, Hinlein ES, Ostendorf DW, Lovley DR. Geobacter bemidjiensis sp. nov. and Geobacter psychrophilus sp. nov., two novel Fe(III)-reducing subsurface isolates. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1667-1674. 🇺🇸
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1; ATCC: 1; DSM: 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
    "Irobacter psychrophilus" (Nevin et al. 2005) Anestis et al. 2026	not validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Geobacteraceae Holmes et al. 2004

Assigned by: Freese HM, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sarda Carbasse J, Afolayan AO, Goker M. TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity. Nucleic Acids Res 2026; 54:D884-D891. 🇩🇪

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