Name: Geobacter toluenoxydans Kunapuli et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: to.lu.en.o.xy’dans. N.L. neut. n. toluenum, toluene; N.L. v. oxydo, to oxidize; from Gr. masc. adj. oxys, sharp, acid; N.L. masc. part. adj. toluenoxydans, oxidizing toluene

Pronunciation, gender: to-lu-en-o-XY-dans, masculine

Type strain: DSM 19350; JCM 15764; TMJ1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU711072 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kunapuli U, Jahn MK, Lueders T, Geyer R, Heipieper HJ, Meckenstock RU. Desulfitobacterium aromaticivorans sp. nov. and Geobacter toluenoxydans sp. nov., iron-reducing bacteria capable of anaerobic degradation of monoaromatic hydrocarbons. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:686-695.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1253-1255.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Geotalea toluenoxydans (Kunapuli et al. 2010) Waite et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Geotalea toluenoxydans (Kunapuli et al. 2010) Waite et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Geobacter toluenoxydans 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 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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Geobacter Lovley et al. 1995

Assigned by: Kunapuli U, Jahn MK, Lueders T, Geyer R, Heipieper HJ, Meckenstock RU. Desulfitobacterium aromaticivorans sp. nov. and Geobacter toluenoxydans sp. nov., iron-reducing bacteria capable of anaerobic degradation of monoaromatic hydrocarbons. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:686-695.

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