Name: Geotalea daltonii (Prakash et al. 2010) Waite et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Geobacter daltonii Prakash et al. 2010

Etymology: dal.to’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. daltonii, of Dalton, named after Dava Dalton who performed the initial isolation of the strain and passed away shortly thereafter

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 22248; FRC-32; JCM 15807

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU660516 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Geobacter daltonii Prakash et al. 2010	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.03489 (N = 10).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Geotalea Waite et al. 2020

Assigned by: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.

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Record number: 17443