Name: Trichlorobacter De Wever et al. 2001

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Tri.chlo.ro.bac.ter. L. num. adj. tris, three; Gr. masc. adj. chlôros, greenish-yellow, pale green; N.L. pref. chloro-, referring to chlorine (named for its color); N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Trichlorobacter, a TCA-dechlorinating rod

Gender: masculine

Type species: Trichlorobacter thiogenes De Wever et al. 2001

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Waite et al. 2020 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. 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.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • Waite et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the family "Pseudopelobacteraceae" 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 type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Geobacter Lovley et al. 1995. Publication: Nevin KP, Holmes DE, Woodard TL, Covalla SF, Lovley DR. Reclassification of Trichlorobacter thiogenes as Geobacter thiogenes comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:463-466.
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 2; JCM: 1; DSM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Trichlorobacter lovleyi (Sung et al. 2009) Waite et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Trichlorobacter thiogenes De Wever et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Geobacteraceae Holmes et al. 2004

Assigned by: Holmes DE, Nevin KP, Lovley DR. Comparison of 16S rRNA, nifD, recA, gyrB, rpoB and fusA genes within the family Geobacteraceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1591-1599.

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