Name: Pelotalea Xu et al. 2022

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pe.lo.ta’le.a. Gr. masc. n. pêlos, mud; L. fem. n. talea, a rod; N.L. fem. n. Pelotalea, a mud inhabiting rod

Gender: feminine (stem: Pelotale-)

Type species: Pelotalea chapellei (Coates et al. 2001) Xu et al. 2022

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Xu Z, Masuda Y, Wang X, Ushijima N, Shiratori Y, Senoo K, Itoh H. Genome-Based Taxonomic Rearrangement of the Order Geobacterales Including the Description of Geomonas azotofigens sp. nov. and Geomonas diazotrophica sp. nov. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:737531.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 203. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5167.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Xu et al. (2021) assigned this genus to the family "Pseudopelobacteraceae" Waite et al. 2020. Publication: Xu Z, Masuda Y, Wang X, Ushijima N, Shiratori Y, Senoo K, Itoh H. Genome-Based Taxonomic Rearrangement of the Order Geobacterales Including the Description of Geomonas azotofigens sp. nov. and Geomonas diazotrophica sp. nov. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:737531.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Geobacter Lovley et al. 1995. Publication: Coates JD, Bhupathiraju VK, Achenbach LA, Mclnerney MJ, Lovley DR. Geobacter hydrogenophilus, Geobacter chapellei and Geobacter grbiciae, three new, strictly anaerobic, dissimilatory Fe(III)-reducers. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:581-588.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Pseudopelobacter" Waite et al. 2020. 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.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 1; DSM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Pelotalea chapellei (Coates et al. 2001) Xu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Geobacteraceae Holmes et al. 2004

Assigned by: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612.

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