Name: Geomonas bemidjiensis (Nevin et al. 2005) Xu et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Geobacter bemidjiensis Nevin et al. 2005

Etymology: be.mid.ji.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. bemidjiensis, from Bemidji, MN, United States, where sediment samples were taken from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … be-mid-ji-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1014; Bem; DSM 16622; JCM 12645

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MK775265 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Xu Z, Masuda Y, Itoh H, Ushijima N, Shiratori Y, Senoo K. Geomonas oryzae gen. nov., sp. nov., Geomonas edaphica sp. nov., Geomonas ferrireducens sp. nov., Geomonas terrae sp. nov., Four Ferric-Reducing Bacteria Isolated From Paddy Soil, and Reclassification of Three Species of the Genus Geobacter as Members of the Genus Geomonas gen. nov. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2201. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 191. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Citrifermentans bemidjiense (Nevin et al. 2005) Waite et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Geobacter bemidjiensis Nevin et al. 2005	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.10149 (N = 7).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Geomonas Xu et al. 2020

Assigned by: Xu Z, Masuda Y, Itoh H, Ushijima N, Shiratori Y, Senoo K. Geomonas oryzae gen. nov., sp. nov., Geomonas edaphica sp. nov., Geomonas ferrireducens sp. nov., Geomonas terrae sp. nov., Four Ferric-Reducing Bacteria Isolated From Paddy Soil, and Reclassification of Three Species of the Genus Geobacter as Members of the Genus Geomonas gen. nov. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2201. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 5963