{{Short description|Family of bacteria}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Geobacteraceae | authority = Holmes et al. 2004 non Lonergan et al. 1996 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision_ref = <ref name="Waite">{{cite journal | vauthors = 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.)) | year = 2020 | title = Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes ''Deltaproteobacteria'' and ''Oligoflexia'', and the phylum ''Thermodesulfobacteria'' into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities | journal = Int J Syst Evol Microbiol | volume = 70 | issue = 11 | pages = 5972–6016 | doi = 10.1099/ijsem.0.004213 | pmid = 33151140| doi-access = free }}</ref> | subdivision = See text | synonyms = }}

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)<ref name=LPSN>{{lpsn3|family/Geobacteraceae|geobacteraceae}}</ref> and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).<ref name=NCBI>{{cite web |author=Schoch CL |display-authors=et al. |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?command=show&mode=tree&id=213422&lvl=3 |title=Geobacteraceae |accessdate=2025-06-05 |publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan=1 | 16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024<ref>{{cite web |title=The LTP |url=https://imedea.uib-csic.es/mmg/ltp/#LTP| access-date=10 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=LTP_all tree in newick format |url=https://imedea.uib-csic.es/mmg/ltp/wp-content/uploads/ltp/LTP_all_10_2024.ntree |access-date=10 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=LTP_10_2024 Release Notes |url=https://imedea.uib-csic.es/mmg/ltp/wp-content/uploads/ltp/LTP_10_2024_release_notes.pdf |access-date=10 December 2024}}</ref> ! colspan=1 | 120 marker proteins based GTDB 10-RS226<ref name="about">{{cite web |title=GTDB release 10-RS226 |url=https://gtdb.ecogenomic.org/about#4%7C |website=Genome Taxonomy Database|access-date=1 May 2025}}</ref><ref name="tree_bac">{{cite web |title=bac120_r226.sp_label |url=https://data.gtdb.ecogenomic.org/releases/release226/226.0/auxillary_files/bac120_r226.sp_labels.tree |website=Genome Taxonomy Database|access-date=1 May 2025}}</ref><ref name="taxon_history">{{cite web |title=Taxon History |url=https://gtdb.ecogenomic.org/taxon_history/ |website=Genome Taxonomy Database|access-date=1 May 2025}}</ref> |- | style="vertical-align:top| {{Clade | style=font-size:90%;line-height:90% |label1=Geobacteraceae |sublabel1=s.l. |1={{clade |1=''Geobacter'' |2={{clade |1={{clade |1="''Geomobilibacter''" |2={{clade |1=''Geobacter psychrophilus'' |2={{clade |1={{clade |1=''Pelotalea'' |2="''Pseudopelobacter''" }} |2={{clade |1=''Trichlorobacter'' |2=''Oryzomonas'' }} }} }} }} |2={{clade |1=''Geoanaerobacter'' |2={{clade |1=''Geomobilimonas'' |2={{clade |1=''Geotalea'' |2={{clade |1=''Geomesophilobacter'' |2=''Geomonas'' <br/>[incl. ''Citrifermentans'' <small>Waite et al. 2020</small>] }} }} }} }} }} }} }} | {{Clade | style=font-size:90%;line-height:80% |1={{clade |1={{clade |label1="Pseudopelobacteraceae" |1={{clade |1=''Trichlorobacter'' <small>De Wever et al. 2001</small> |2={{clade |1=''Oryzomonas'' <small>Xu et al. 2020</small> |2={{clade |1=''Pelotalea'' <small>Xu et al. 2022</small> |2="''Pseudopelobacter''" <small>Waite et al. 2020</small> }} }} }} }} |2={{clade |label1=Geobacteraceae_A |1={{clade |1=''Geoanaerobacter'' <small>Xu et al. 2022</small> |2="''Geomobilibacter''" <small>Xu et al. 2021</small> }} |label2=Geobacteraceae s.s. |2={{clade |1=''Geobacter'' <small>Lovley et al. 1995</small> |2={{clade |1=''Geomobilimonas'' <small>Xu et al. 2022</small> |2={{clade |1=''Geotalea'' <small>Waite et al. 2020</small> |2={{clade |1=''Geomesophilobacter'' <small>Zhang et al. 2021</small> |2=''Geomonas'' <small>Xu et al. 2020 <br/>non Khan et al. 2020</small> [incl. ''Citrifermentans''] }} }} }} }} }} }} }} |}

== See also == * List of bacterial orders * List of bacteria genera

==References== {{Reflist}}

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