Name: Geoanaerobacter pelophilus (Straub and Buchholz-Cleven 2001) Xu et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Geobacter pelophilus Straub and Buchholz-Cleven 2001

Etymology: pe.lo’phi.lus. Gr. masc. n. pêlos, mud; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. pelophilus, mud-loving, as this species was isolated from freshwater mud

Gender: masculine

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

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U96918 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Xu Z, Masuda Y, Wang X, Ushijima N, Shiratori Y, Senoo K, Itoh H. Genome-Based Taxonomic Rearrangement of the Order Geobacterales Including the Description of Geomonas azotofigens sp. nov. and Geomonas diazotrophica sp. nov. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:737531.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 203. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5167.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    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
    Citrifermentans pelophilum (Straub and Buchholz-Cleven 2001) Waite et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Geoanaerobacter Xu et al. 2022. Publication: Xu Z, Masuda Y, Wang X, Ushijima N, Shiratori Y, Senoo K, Itoh H. Genome-Based Taxonomic Rearrangement of the Order Geobacterales Including the Description of Geomonas azotofigens sp. nov. and Geomonas diazotrophica sp. nov. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:737531.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Geoanaerobacter Xu et al. 2022

Assigned by: Xu Z, Masuda Y, Wang X, Ushijima N, Shiratori Y, Senoo K, Itoh H. Genome-Based Taxonomic Rearrangement of the Order Geobacterales Including the Description of Geomonas azotofigens sp. nov. and Geomonas diazotrophica sp. nov. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:737531.

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Record number: 26728