Deferribacter

Deferribacter
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: "Deferribacteres"
Class: Deferribacteres
Order: Deferribacterales
Family: Deferribacteraceae
Genus: Deferribacter
Type species
D. thermophilus

Deferribacter is a genus in the phylum Deferribacteres (Bacteria).[1]

Etymology

The name Deferribacter derives from:
Latin pref. de-, from; Latin noun ferrum, iron; New Latin masculine gender noun, a rodbacter, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium, rod; New Latin masculine gender noun Deferribacter, rod that reduces iron.[2]

Species

The genus contains 4 species, namely[2]

See also

References

  1. Classification of Genera DL entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". Int J Syst Bacteriol 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655.]
  2. 2.0 2.1 Deferribacter entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". Int J Syst Bacteriol 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655.]
  3. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/53/5/1637
  4. Slobodkina, G. B.; Kolganova, T. V.; Chernyh, N. A.; Querellou, J.; Bonch-Osmolovskaya, E. A.; Slobodkin, A. I. (2009). "Deferribacter autotrophicus sp. Nov., an iron(III)-reducing bacterium from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 59 (6): 1508–1512. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.006767-0.
  5. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/53/3/839
  6. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/47/2/505