Name: Citrifermentans bremense (Straub and Buchholz-Cleven 2001) Waite et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Geobacter bremensis Straub and Buchholz-Cleven 2001

Etymology: bre.men’se. N.L. n. Brema, Bremen, in northern Germany; L. neut. adj. suff. -ense, indicating provenance; N.L. neut. adj. bremense, from Bremen, where samples for enrichment cultures were taken

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-607; Dfr1; DSM 12179; OCM 796

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: U96917 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 bremensis (Straub and Buchholz-Cleven 2001) Xu et al. 2020

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Geomonas bremensis (Straub and Buchholz-Cleven 2001) Xu et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Geobacter bremensis Straub and Buchholz-Cleven 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Citrifermentans 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.
  • ❗ Citrifermentans bremense 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: 17472