Geoalkalibacter

Geoalkalibacter
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Thermodesulfobacteriota
Class:	Desulfuromonadia
Order:	Desulfuromonadales
Family:	Geoalkalibacteraceae Waite et al. 2020 [1]
Genus:	Geoalkalibacter Zavarzina et al. 2007 [2]
Type species
Geoalkalibacter ferrihydriticus Zavarzina et al. 2007
Species
G. ferrihydriticus "G. halelectricus" G. subterraneus

Geoalkalibacter is a genus of bacteria from the order Desulfuromonadales. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) ^[2] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). ^[5]

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024 [6] [7] [8]	120 marker proteins based GTDB 10-RS226 [9] [10] [11]
Geoalkalibacter G. ferrihydriticus G. subterraneus	Geoalkalibacter G. subterraneus Greene et al. 2009 G. ferrihydriticus Zavarzina et al. 2007 "G. halelectricus" Yadav et al. 2022

See also

• List of bacterial orders
• List of bacteria genera

References

1. Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, Hahn MW, Kuever J, Hugenholtz P. (2020). "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. 70 (11): 5972–6016. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004213 . PMID   33151140.
2. Geoalkalibacter in LPSN ; Freese, H. M.; Meier-Kolthoff, J. P.; Sardà Carbasse, J.; Afolayan, A. O.; Göker, M. (29 October 2025). "TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity". Nucleic Acids Research. 53: D1–D12. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaf1110.
3. "Geoalkalibacter". www.uniprot.org.
4. Parker, Charles Thomas; Wigley, Sarah; Garrity, George M (2009). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M. (eds.). "Nomenclature Abstract for Geoalkalibacter Zavarzina et al. 2007 emend. Greene et al. 2009". The NamesforLife Abstracts. doi:10.1601/nm.10380.
5. Schoch CL; et al. "Geoalkalibacter". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
6. "The LTP" . Retrieved 10 December 2024.
7. "LTP_all tree in newick format" . Retrieved 10 December 2024.
8. "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
9. "GTDB release 10-RS226". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 1 May 2025.
10. "bac120_r226.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 1 May 2025.
11. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 1 May 2025.

Further reading

• Greene, AC; Patel, BK; Yacob, S (April 2009). "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". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 59 (Pt 4): 781–5. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.001537-0 . PMID   19329606.
• Zavarzina, DG; Kolganova, TV; Bulygina, ES; Kostrikina, NA; Turova, TP; Zavarzin, GA (2005). "[Geoalkalibacter ferrihydriticus gen. nov., sp. nov., the first alkaliphilic representative of the family Geobacteraceae, isolated from a soda lake]". Mikrobiologiia. 75 (6): 775–85. PMID   17205802.
• Pierra, Mélanie; Carmona-Martínez, Alessandro A.; Trably, Eric; Godon, Jean-Jacques; Bernet, Nicolas (December 2015). "Specific and efficient electrochemical selection of Geoalkalibacter subterraneus and Desulfuromonas acetoxidans in high current-producing biofilms". Bioelectrochemistry. 106 (Pt A): 221–225. doi:10.1016/j.bioelechem.2015.02.003. PMID   25717030.