Name: Geobacter pickeringii Shelobolina et al. 2007
Etymology: pick.er.ing’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. pickeringii, of Pickering, named in honour of Sam M. Pickering Jr., for his significant contributions to the study of Georgia kaolins
Type strain: ATCC BAA-1140; DSM 17153; G13; JCM 13000
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16S rRNA gene: DQ145535 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Shelobolina ES, Nevin KP, Blakeney-Hayward JD, Johnsen CV, Plaia TW, Krader P, Woodard T, Holmes DE, Vanpraagh CG, Lovley DR. Geobacter pickeringii sp. nov., Geobacter argillaceus sp. nov. and Pelosinus fermentans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from subsurface kaolin lenses. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:126-135.
IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:659-660.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Geobacter Lovley et al. 1995
Assigned by: Shelobolina ES, Nevin KP, Blakeney-Hayward JD, Johnsen CV, Plaia TW, Krader P, Woodard T, Holmes DE, Vanpraagh CG, Lovley DR. Geobacter pickeringii sp. nov., Geobacter argillaceus sp. nov. and Pelosinus fermentans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from subsurface kaolin lenses. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:126-135.
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Record number: 785876