Deferribacter thermophilus
| Deferribacter thermophilus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Deferribacteres |
| Class: | Deferribacteres |
| Order: | Deferribacterales |
| Family: | Deferribacteraceae |
| Genus: | Deferribacter |
| Species: | D. thermophilus |
| Binomial name | |
| Deferribacter thermophilus Greene et al. 1997 | |
Deferribacter thermophilus is an iron-reducing bacteria. It is a manganese- and iron-reducing bacterium. It is thermophilic and anaerobic bacterium, its type strain being designated as strain BMAT. The cells are straight to bent rods (1 to 5 by 0.3 to 0.5 μm).[1]
References
- ↑ Greene, A. C.; Patel, B. K. C.; Sheehy, A. J. (1997). "Deferribacter thermophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a Novel Thermophilic Manganese- and Iron-Reducing Bacterium Isolated from a Petroleum Reservoir". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 47 (2): 505–509. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-505. ISSN 0020-7713.