geobacter lovleyi geobacter lovleyi geobacter lovleyi is a gram-negative metal-reducing and tetrachloroethene-dechlorinating proteobacterium. it has potential as a bioremediation organism, and is actively researched as such. geobacter lovleyi scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: thermodesulfobacteriota class: desulfuromonadia order: geobacterales family: geobacteraceae genus: geobacter species: g. lovleyi binomial name geobacter lovleyisung et al. 2009 synonyms trichlorobacter lovleyi (sung et al. 2009) waite et al. 2020