# Geobacteraceae

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{{Short description|Family of bacteria}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Geobacteraceae
| authority = Holmes et al. 2004 non Lonergan et al. 1996
| subdivision_ranks = [Genera](/source/Genus)
| 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](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) within the [Thermodesulfobacteriota](/source/Thermodesulfobacteriota).

==Phylogeny==
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the [List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature](/source/List_of_Prokaryotic_names_with_Standing_in_Nomenclature) (LPSN)<ref name=LPSN>{{lpsn3|family/Geobacteraceae|geobacteraceae}}</ref> and [National Center for Biotechnology Information](/source/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](/source/National_Center_for_Biotechnology_Information) (NCBI) taxonomy database}}</ref>

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! colspan=1 | 16S rRNA based [LTP](/source/The_All-Species_Living_Tree_Project)_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](/source/Genome_Taxonomy_Database) 10-RS226<ref name="about">{{cite web |title=GTDB release 10-RS226 |url=https://gtdb.ecogenomic.org/about#4%7C |website=[Genome Taxonomy Database](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Genome_Taxonomy_Database)|access-date=1 May 2025}}</ref>
|- 
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{{Clade | style=font-size:90%;line-height:90%
|label1=Geobacteraceae
|sublabel1=s.l.
|1={{clade
  |1=''[Geobacter](/source/Geobacter)''
  |2={{clade
    |1={{clade
      |1="''[Geomobilibacter](/source/Geomobilibacter)''"
      |2={{clade
        |1=''[Geobacter psychrophilus](/source/Geobacter_psychrophilus)''
        |2={{clade
          |1={{clade
            |1=''[Pelotalea](/source/Pelotalea)''
            |2="''[Pseudopelobacter](/source/Pseudopelobacter)''"
             }}
          |2={{clade
            |1=''[Trichlorobacter](/source/Trichlorobacter)''
            |2=''[Oryzomonas](/source/Oryzomonas)''
             }}
           }}
         }}
       }}
    |2={{clade
      |1=''[Geoanaerobacter](/source/Geoanaerobacter)''
      |2={{clade
        |1=''[Geomobilimonas](/source/Geomobilimonas)''
        |2={{clade
          |1=''[Geotalea](/source/Geotalea)''
          |2={{clade
            |1=''[Geomesophilobacter](/source/Geomesophilobacter)''
            |2=''[Geomonas](/source/Geomonas)'' <br/>[incl. ''[Citrifermentans](/source/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](/source/Trichlorobacter)'' <small>De Wever et al. 2001</small> 
      |2={{clade
        |1=''[Oryzomonas](/source/Oryzomonas)'' <small>Xu et al. 2020</small> 
        |2={{clade
          |1=''[Pelotalea](/source/Pelotalea)'' <small>Xu et al. 2022</small>
          |2="''[Pseudopelobacter](/source/Pseudopelobacter)''" <small>Waite et al. 2020</small>
           }}
         }}
       }}
     }}
  |2={{clade
    |label1=Geobacteraceae_A
    |1={{clade
      |1=''[Geoanaerobacter](/source/Geoanaerobacter)'' <small>Xu et al. 2022</small>
      |2="''[Geomobilibacter](/source/Geomobilibacter)''" <small>Xu et al. 2021</small>
       }}
    |label2=Geobacteraceae s.s.
    |2={{clade
      |1=''[Geobacter](/source/Geobacter)'' <small>Lovley et al. 1995</small>
      |2={{clade
        |1=''[Geomobilimonas](/source/Geomobilimonas)'' <small>Xu et al. 2022</small>
        |2={{clade
          |1=''[Geotalea](/source/Geotalea)'' <small>Waite et al. 2020</small>
          |2={{clade
            |1=''[Geomesophilobacter](/source/Geomesophilobacter)'' <small>Zhang et al. 2021</small>
            |2=''[Geomonas](/source/Geomonas)'' <small>Xu et al. 2020 <br/>non Khan et al. 2020</small> [incl. ''[Citrifermentans](/source/Citrifermentans)'']
             }}
           }}
         }}
       }}
     }}
   }}
}}
|}

== See also ==
* [List of bacterial orders](/source/List_of_bacterial_orders)
* [List of bacteria genera](/source/List_of_bacteria_genera)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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Category:Bacteria families
Category:Thermodesulfobacteriota
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