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

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Geobacter pelophilus Straub and Buchholz-Cleven 2001

Etymology: pe.lo’phi.lum. Gr. masc. n. pêlos, mud; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, friend, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, on; N.L. neut. adj. pelophilum, mud-loving, as this species was isolated from freshwater mud

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-603; Dfr2; DSM 12255; OCM 797

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U96918 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: Geoanaerobacter pelophilus (Straub and Buchholz-Cleven 2001) Xu et al. 2022

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Geoanaerobacter pelophilus (Straub and Buchholz-Cleven 2001) Xu et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Geobacter pelophilus Straub and Buchholz-Cleven 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Geomonas pelophila" (Straub and Buchholz-Cleven 2001) Xu et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • ❗ Citrifermentans pelophilum 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 0 times 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: 17473