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Geosyntrophus gen. nov.

Submitted by Anestis, Konstantinos

Genus Geosyntrophus

Etymology
[Ge.o.syn.tro'phus] Gr. fem. n. gê, earth, soil; N.L. masc. n. syntrophus, companion in nourishment; syntroph; N.L. masc. n. Geosyntrophus, a syntrophic organism associated with earth or soil
Nomenclatural type
Species Geosyntrophus acetoxidansTs
Description
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-70468-2
Classification
Bacteria » Desulfobacterota » Desulfuromonadia » Geobacterales » “Pseudopelobacteraceae” » Geosyntrophus
References
Effective publication: Jovicic et al., 2026 [1]
Assigned taxonomically: Jovicic et al., 2026 [1]
Registry URL
https://seqco.de/i:56153

Species Geosyntrophus acetoxidansTs

Etymology
[a.ce.to.xi.dans] L. neut. n. acetum, vinegar, here referring to acetate; N.L. pres. part. oxidans, oxidizing; N.L. masc. part. adj. acetoxidans, acetate-oxidizing
Nomenclatural type
NCBI Assembly: GCA_057407595.1 Ts
Description
Geosyntrophus acetoxidans is the dominant bacterium of a conductive-particle dependent syntrophic consortium. More information are supplied in:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-70468-2
Classification
Bacteria » Desulfobacterota » Desulfuromonadia » Geobacterales » “Pseudopelobacteraceae” » Geosyntrophus » Geosyntrophus acetoxidansTs
References
Effective publication: Jovicic et al., 2026 [1]
Assigned taxonomically: Jovicic et al., 2026 [1]
Registry URL
https://seqco.de/i:56152

References

  1. Jovicic et al. (2026). Genome-centric metagenomics reveals electroactive syntrophs in a conductive particle-dependent consortium from coastal sediments. Nature Communications. DOI:10.1038/s41467-026-70468-2

Register List Certificate of Validation

On behalf of the Committee on the Systematics of Prokaryotes Described from Sequence Data (SeqCode Committee), we hereby certify that the Register List seqco.de/r:mgfhah0c submitted by Anestis, Konstantinos and including 2 new names has been successfully validated.


Date of Priority: 2026-06-10 10:00 UTC
DOI: 10.57973/seqcode.r:mgfhah0c