Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.11291

Name

Geosporobacter Klouche et al. 2007

Taxonomic Rank

genus

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
family	Clostridiaceae Pribram 1933 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Spring 2021

Members

species	Geosporobacter subterraneus Klouche et al. 2007
species	Geosporobacter ferrireducens Hong et al. 2021

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this genus within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Firmicutes (sic) Gibbons and Murray 2021
class Clostridia Rainey 2010
order Eubacteriales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Tindall 2019
family Clostridiaceae Pribram 1933 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Spring 2021
genus Geosporobacter Klouche et al. 2007

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the genus Geosporobacter Klouche et al. 2007. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.11291.

Source File

10.1601/tx.11291.xml


This information was last reviewed on March 17, 2015.

References

Hong H, Kim S-J, Min U-G, Lee Y-J, Kim S-G, Jung M-Y, Seo Y-S, Rhee S-K. Geosporobacter ferrireducens sp. nov., an anaerobic iron-reducing bacterium isolated from an oil-contaminated site. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:971-977. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-015-0389-3 [PubMed].
Klouche N, Fardeau ML, Lascourrèges JF, Cayol JL, Hacene H, Thomas P, Magot M. Geosporobacter subterraneus gen. nov., sp. nov., a spore-forming bacterium isolated from a deep subsurface aquifer. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1757-1761. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.64642-0 [PubMed].