Name: Citrifermentans bemidjiense (Nevin et al. 2005) Waite et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Geobacter bemidjiensis Nevin et al. 2005

Etymology: be.mi.dji.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. bemidjiense, pertaining to Bemidji, MN, USA, where sediments samples were taken from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1014; Bem; DSM 16622; JCM 12645

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY187307 Analyse FASTA

Valid 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.

IJSEM list: 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.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Geomonas bemidjiensis (Nevin et al. 2005) Xu et al. 2020

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Geomonas bemidjiensis (Nevin et al. 2005) Xu et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Geobacter bemidjiensis Nevin et al. 2005	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Citrifermentans bemidjiense is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Citrifermentans.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Citrifermentans Waite et al. 2020

Assigned by: 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.

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Record number: 17441