Etymology:ge.o.pu.ri’fi.cans.Gr. fem. n.gê, earth or ground; L. pres. part.purificans, cleansing or purifying; N.L. neut. part. adj.geopurificans, cleansing or purifying the earth or ground
Original publication:
Kwon MJ, Wei N, Millerick K, Popovic J, Finneran K. Clostridium geopurificans strain MJ1 sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic bacterium that grows via fermentation and reduces the cyclic nitramine explosive hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX). Curr Microbiol 2014; 68:743-750. 🇺🇸
Nomenclatural status:
not validly published
Taxonomic status:
preferred name (not correct name)