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

Gender: masculine

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

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

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
    "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:
  • ❗ 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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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Record number: 776470