Geothermobacter

{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}}

{{Italics title}}{{Taxobox

| color = lightgrey

| name = Geothermobacter

| domain = Bacteria

| phylum = Thermodesulfobacteriota

| classis = Desulfuromonadia

| ordo = Desulfuromonadales

| familia = Geothermobacteraceae

| familia_authority = Waite et al. 2020{{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 }}

| genus = Geothermobacter

| genus_authority = Kashefi et al. 2005{{cite journal|last1=Parte|first1=A.C.|title=Geothermobacter|journal=LPSN|url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/geothermobacter}}

| type_species = Geothermobacter ehrlichii

| type_species_authority =Kashefi et al. 2005

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• G. ehrlichii
• G. hydrogeniphilus

}}

Geothermobacter is a thermophilic genus of bacteria from the order Desulfuromonadales with one known species (Geothermobacter ehrlichii).{{cite journal|title=Geothermobacter|website=Www.uniprot.org|url=https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/213223|language=en}}{{cite journal|last1=Parker|first1=Charles Thomas|last2=Garrity|first2=George M|editor2-first=George M|editor2-last=Garrity|editor1-first=Charles Thomas|editor1-last=Parker|title=Nomenclature Abstract for Geothermobacter Kashefi et al. 2005|journal=The NamesforLife Abstracts|doi=10.1601/nm.9285|language=en|year=2008}}{{cite journal|last1=Kashefi|first1=K|last2=Holmes|first2=DE|last3=Baross|first3=JA|last4=Lovley|first4=DR|title=Thermophily in the Geobacteraceae: Geothermobacter ehrlichii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic member of the Geobacteraceae from the "Bag City" hydrothermal vent.|journal=Applied and Environmental Microbiology|date=May 2003|volume=69|issue=5|pages=2985–93|pmid=12732575|doi=10.1128/aem.69.5.2985-2993.2003|pmc=154550}}{{cite book|last1=Poole|first1=Robert K.|title=Advances in Microbial Physiology|date=2011|publisher=Academic Press|isbn=9780123876614|language=en}}