Geoalkalibacter

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Geoalkalibacter

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Number of species cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Geoalkalibacter Zavarzina et al. 2007, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Geoalkalibacter ferrihydriticus Zavarzina et al. 2007.
Etymology: Gr. n. ge, earth; Arabic article al, the; Arabic n. qaliy, ashes of saltwort; N.L. n. alkali, alkali; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Geoalkalibacter, a rod from alkaline earth.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 115. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 893-897. [ZAVARZINA (D.G.), KOLGANOVA (T.V.), BOULYGINA (E.S.), KOSTRIKINA (N.A.), TOUROVA (T.P.) and ZAVARZIN (G.A.): Geoalkalibacter ferrihydriticus gen. nov. sp. nov., the first alkaliphilic representative of the family Geobacteraceae, isolated from a soda lake. Microbiology, 2006, 75, 673-682 (Original Russian text published in Mikrobiologiya, 2006 75, 775-785).]
Validation List N° 115 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

---> Geoalkalibacter Zavarzina et al. 2007 emend. Greene et al. 2009.
Type species: ¤ Geoalkalibacter ferrihydriticus Zavarzina et al. 2007.
Etymology: Gr. n. ge, earth; Arabic article al, the; Arabic n. qaliy, ashes of saltwort; N.L. n. alkali, alkali; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Geoalkalibacter, a rod from alkaline earth.
Reference: GREENE (A.C.), PATEL (B.K.C.) and YACOB (S.): Geoalkalibacter subterraneus sp. nov., an anaerobic Fe(III)- and Mn(IV)-reducing bacterium from a petroleum reservoir, and emended descriptions of the family Desulfuromonadaceae and the genus Geoalkalibacter. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 781-785.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Geoalkalibacter ferrihydriticus Zavarzina et al. 2007, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain Z-0531 = DSM 17813 = VKM B-2401.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: DQ309326.
Etymology: N.L. n. ferrihydritum, ferrihydrite; L. suff. -icus -a -um, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. masc. adj. ferrihydriticus, pertaining to ferrihydrite, weakly crystalline iron hydroxyde, which is reduced by the species.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 115. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 893-897. [ZAVARZINA (D.G.), KOLGANOVA (T.V.), BOULYGINA (E.S.), KOSTRIKINA (N.A.), TOUROVA (T.P.) and ZAVARZIN (G.A.): Geoalkalibacter ferrihydriticus gen. nov. sp. nov., the first alkaliphilic representative of the family Geobacteraceae, isolated from a soda lake. Microbiology, 2006, 75, 673-682 (Original Russian text published in Mikrobiologiya, 2006 75, 775-785).]
Validation List N° 115 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

Geoalkalibacter subterraneus Greene et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain Red1 = JCM 15104 = KCTC 5626.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EU182247.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. subterraneus, underground, subterranean.
Reference: GREENE (A.C.), PATEL (B.K.C.) and YACOB (S.): Geoalkalibacter subterraneus sp. nov., an anaerobic Fe(III)- and Mn(IV)-reducing bacterium from a petroleum reservoir, and emended descriptions of the family Desulfuromonadaceae and the genus Geoalkalibacter. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 781-785.
Original article in IJSEM Online