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Name: Trichlorobacter De Wever et al. 2001
Etymology: Tri.chlo.ro.bac.ter. Gr. adv. tris, three; Gr. masc. adj. chlôros, greenish-yellow, pale green; Gr. masc. adj. chlôros, referring to chlorine (named for its color) (may keep -o); N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Trichlorobacter, a TCA-dechlorinating rod
Gender: masculine (stem: Trichlorobacter-)
Type species: Trichlorobacter thiogenes De Wever et al. 2001
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
De Wever H, Cole JR, Fettig MR, Hogan DA, Tiedje JM. Reductive dehalogenation of trichloroacetic acid by Trichlorobacter thiogenes gen. nov., sp. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 2000; 66:2297-2301.
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 78. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1-2.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Correct name: Geobacter Lovley et al. 1995
Name | Kind |
---|---|
"Geomobilibacter" Xu et al. 2021 | heterotypic synonym, not validly published |
Geobacter Lovley et al. 1995 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
---|---|---|
Trichlorobacter ammonificans Sorokin et al. 2025 | validly published under the ICNP | orphaned species |
Trichlorobacter lovleyi (Sung et al. 2009) Waite et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Trichlorobacter thiogenes De Wever et al. 2001 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Parent taxon: Geobacteraceae Holmes et al. 2004
Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family II. Geobacteraceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria) part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1017.
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Record number: 517539