Trichlorobacter De Wever et al. 2001 emend. Waite et al. 2020 Trichlorobacter De Wever et al. 2001 emend. Waite et al. 2020 Trichlorobacter thiogenes De Wever et al. 2001 Universal Root Woese et al. 1990 Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990 Desulfobacterota Waite et al. 2020 Desulfuromonadia Waite et al. 2020 Geobacterales Waite et al. 2020 Geobacteraceae Holmes et al. 2004 emend. Xu et al. 2021 Trichlorobacter De Wever et al. 2001 emend. Waite et al. 2020 Geobacteraceae Holmes et al. 2004 emend. Xu et al. 2021 Geothermobacter Kashefi et al. 2005 emend. Pérez-Rodríguez et al. 2021 Geopsychrobacter Holmes et al. 2005 Geobacter Lovley et al. 1995 emend. Waite et al. 2020 Geomonas Xu et al. 2020 emend. Itoh et al. 2021 non Geomonas Khan et al. 2020 Oryzomonas Xu et al. 2020 Citrifermentans Waite et al. 2020 Geotalea Waite et al. 2020 Geomesophilobacter Zhang et al. 2021 Geomobilibacter Xu et al. 2021 Geoanaerobacter Xu et al. 2022 Geomobilimonas Xu et al. 2022 Trichlorobacter thiogenes De Wever et al. 2001 Trichlorobacter lovleyi (Sung et al. 2009) Waite et al. 2020 De Wever H. Cole J.R. Fettig M.R. Hogan D.A. Tiedje J.M. Reductive dehalogenation of trichloroacetic acid by Trichlorobacter thiogenes gen. nov., sp. nov. 2000 66 2297 2301 Applied and Environmental Microbiology Appl Environ Microbiol 0099-2240 1098-5336 10831402 Waite D.W. Chuvochina M. Pelikan C. Parks D.H. Yilmaz P. Wagner M. Loy A. Naganuma T. Nakai R. Whitman W.B. Hahn M.W. Kuever J. Hugenholtz P. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. 2020 70 11 5972 6016 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijsem.0.004213 33151140 Holmes D.E. Nevin K. Lovley D.R. Comparison of 16S rRNA, nifD, recA, gyrB, rpoB and fusA genes within the family Geobacteraceae fam. nov. 2004 54 5 1591 1599 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.02958-0 15388715 Geobacter Lovley et al. 1995 emend. Waite et al. 2020 De Wever H. Cole J.R. Fettig M.R. Hogan D.A. Tiedje J.M. Reductive dehalogenation of trichloroacetic acid by Trichlorobacter thiogenes gen. nov., sp. nov. 2000 66 2297 2301 Applied and Environmental Microbiology Appl Environ Microbiol 0099-2240 1098-5336 10831402 Nevin K.P. Holmes D.E. Woodard T.L. Covalla S.F. Lovley D.R. Reclassification of Trichlorobacter thiogenes as Geobacter thiogenes comb. nov. 2007 57 3 463 466 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.63408-0 17329769 Waite D.W. Chuvochina M. Pelikan C. Parks D.H. Yilmaz P. Wagner M. Loy A. Naganuma T. Nakai R. Whitman W.B. Hahn M.W. Kuever J. Hugenholtz P. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. 2020 70 11 5972 6016 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijsem.0.004213 33151140 List Editor Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSEM. List no. 78. 2001 51 1 1 2 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/00207713-51-1-1 11211245 Although the genus Trichlorobacter was earlier merged with the genus Geobacter by Nevin et al. 2007, its position and rank as separate genera has been further justified in this manuscript. Microbiologists adhering to this opinion, should thus treat Trichlorobacter as non-synomous with Geobacter.