Name: Geobacter toluenoxydans Kunapuli et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 19350; JCM 15764; TMJ1

See detailed strain information at

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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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