Name: Geobacter pelophilus Straub and Buchholz-Cleven 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation, gender: pe-LO-p^hi-lus, masculine

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

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16S rRNA gene: U96918 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Straub KL, Buchholz-Cleven BE. Geobacter bremensis sp. nov. and Geobacter pelophilus sp. nov., two dissimilatory ferric-iron-reducing bacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1805-1808.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1947-1948.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Geoanaerobacter pelophilus (Straub and Buchholz-Cleven 2001) Xu et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Citrifermentans pelophilum (Straub and Buchholz-Cleven 2001) Waite et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Geomonas pelophila" (Straub and Buchholz-Cleven 2001) Xu et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • ❗ Geobacter pelophilus 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 Geobacter.
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Geobacter Lovley et al. 1995

Assigned by: Straub KL, Buchholz-Cleven BE. Geobacter bremensis sp. nov. and Geobacter pelophilus sp. nov., two dissimilatory ferric-iron-reducing bacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1805-1808.

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