Name: Geobacter sulfurreducens subsp. ethanolicus Viulu et al. 2014

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: e.tha.no’li.cus. N.L. neut. n. ethanol, ethanol; L. masc. adj. suff. -icus, suffix used with various meanings; N.L. masc. adj. ethanolicus, belonging to ethanol, in reference to the ability of the species to utilize ethanol as a substrate for growth

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 26126; JCM 18752; OSK2A

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB762695 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Viulu S, Nakamura K, Kojima A, Yoshiyasu Y, Saitou S, Takamizawa K. Geobacter sulfurreducens subsp. ethanolicus, subsp. nov., an ethanol-utilizing dissimilatory Fe(III)-reducing bacterium from a lotus field. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2013; 59:325-334.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 158. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2184-2187.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🧍 In the effective publication, DSM 26126 is cited as DSMZ 26126. — Leibniz Institute DSMZ. Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-date, 2018-12-11.

Parent taxon: Geobacter sulfurreducens Caccavo et al. 1995

Assigned by: Viulu S, Nakamura K, Kojima A, Yoshiyasu Y, Saitou S, Takamizawa K. Geobacter sulfurreducens subsp. ethanolicus, subsp. nov., an ethanol-utilizing dissimilatory Fe(III)-reducing bacterium from a lotus field. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2013; 59:325-334.

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Record number: 791921