Name: "Geobacter humireducens" Coates et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hu.mi.re.du’cens. L. pres. part. reducens, reducing; N.L. masc. part. adj. humireducens, converting humic substances to a reduced oxidation state

Pronunciation, gender: hu-mi-re-DU-kens, masculine

Nomenclatural type: JW-3

Original publication: Coates JD, Bhupathiraju VK, Achenbach LA, Mclnerney MJ, Lovley DR. Geobacter hydrogenophilus, Geobacter chapellei and Geobacter grbiciae, three new, strictly anaerobic, dissimilatory Fe(III)-reducers. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:581-588.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Geobacter Lovley et al. 1995

Assigned by: Coates JD, Bhupathiraju VK, Achenbach LA, Mclnerney MJ, Lovley DR. Geobacter hydrogenophilus, Geobacter chapellei and Geobacter grbiciae, three new, strictly anaerobic, dissimilatory Fe(III)-reducers. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:581-588.

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Record number: 2830
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