Geobacteraceae

Geobacteraceae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Thermodesulfobacteriota
Class:	Desulfuromonadia
Order:	Geobacterales
Family:	Geobacteraceae Holmes et al. 2004 non Lonergan et al. 1996
Genera [1]
See text

The Geobacteraceae are a family within the Thermodesulfobacteriota.

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). ^[3]

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024 [4] [5] [6]

120 marker proteins based GTDB 10-RS226 [7] [8] [9]

Geobacteraceae Geobacter " Geomobilibacter " Geobacter psychrophilus Pelotalea " Pseudopelobacter " Trichlorobacter Oryzomonas Geoanaerobacter Geomobilimonas Geotalea Geomesophilobacter Geomonas [incl. Citrifermentans Waite et al. 2020] s.l.

"Pseudopelobacteraceae" Trichlorobacter De Wever et al. 2001 Oryzomonas Xu et al. 2020 Pelotalea Xu et al. 2022 " Pseudopelobacter " Waite et al. 2020 Geobacteraceae_A Geoanaerobacter Xu et al. 2022 " Geomobilibacter " Xu et al. 2021 Geobacteraceae s.s. Geobacter Lovley et al. 1995 Geomobilimonas Xu et al. 2022 Geotalea Waite et al. 2020 Geomesophilobacter Zhang et al. 2021 Geomonas Xu et al. 2020 non Khan et al. 2020 [incl. Citrifermentans ]

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. geobacteraceae 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. Schoch CL; et al. "Geobacteraceae". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
4. "The LTP" . Retrieved 10 December 2024.
5. "LTP_all tree in newick format" . Retrieved 10 December 2024.
6. "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
7. "GTDB release 10-RS226". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 1 May 2025.
8. "bac120_r226.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 1 May 2025.
9. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 1 May 2025.