Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.7924

Name

Geothrix fermentans Coates et al. 1999

Taxonomic Rank

species

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

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

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
genus	Geothrix Coates et al. 1999

Type Strain

representative organism

H-5^T (=ATCC 700665 =DSM 14018)

Type Status

Taxonomy

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


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Acidobacteria (sic) Thrash and Coates 2021 non Acidobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002
class Holophagae Fukunaga et al. 2008
order Holophagales Fukunaga et al. 2008
family Holophagaceae Fukunaga et al. 2008
genus Geothrix Coates et al. 1999
species Geothrix fermentans Coates et al. 1999

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.

Non-Type Exemplars

Digital Object Identifier	Strain Equivalence
10.1601/ex.17377

Citation

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

Taxon Abstract for the species Geothrix fermentans Coates et al. 1999. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.7924.

Source File

10.1601/tx.7924.xml


This information was last reviewed on February 19, 2010.

References

Coates JD, Ellis DJ, Gaw CV, Lovley DR. Geothrix fermentans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Fe(III)-reducing bacterium from a hydrocarbon-contaminated aquifer. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1615-1622. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-49-4-1615 [PubMed].