Name: Trichlorobacter lovleyi (Sung et al. 2009) Waite et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Geobacter lovleyi Sung et al. 2009

Etymology: lov’ley.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. lovleyi, of Lovley, named to recognize the contributions of Derek R. Lovley to our understanding of microbial metal and radionuclide reduction

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1151; DSM 17278; SZ

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY914177 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: synonym

Correct name: Geobacter lovleyi Sung et al. 2009

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Geobacter lovleyi Sung et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Trichlorobacter lovleyi 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 Trichlorobacter.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Trichlorobacter De Wever et al. 2001

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.

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/trichlorobacter-lovleyiCopy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 17467