Deferribacteraceae

The Deferribacteraceae are a family of gram-negative bacteria which make energy by anaerobic respiration.^[1]

Description

Deferribacteraceae are rod-shaped, although the rods may be straight or bent. They are gram-negative. Deferribacteraceae all perform anaerobic respiration using iron, manganese, or nitrate. They can also produce energy by fermentation. The type genus of the family is Deferribacter.^[1]

Taxonomy

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LSPN) ^{[2] [3]}

• Phylum Deferribacteres Garrity & Holt 2001 emend. Jumas-Bilak et al. 2009 [Deferribacteraeota Oren et al. 2015]
  • Class Deferribacteres Huber & Stetter 2002
    • Order Deferribacterales Huber & Stetter 2002
      • Family Deferribacteraceae Huber & Stetter 2002
        • Genus Calditerrivibrio Iino et al. 2008
          • Species Calditerrivibrio nitroreducens Iino et al. 2008
        • Genus Denitrovibrio Myhr & Torsvik 2000
          • Species Denitrovibrio acetiphilus Myhr & Torsvik 2000
        • Genus Deferribacter Greene et al. 1997
          • Species D. abyssi Miroshnichenko et al. 2003
          • Species D. autotrophicus Slobodkina et al. 2009
          • Species D. desulfuricans Takai et al. 2003
          • Species D. thermophilus Greene et al. 1997 (type sp.)
        • Genus Flexistipes Fiala et al. 2000
          • Species Flexistipes sinusarabici Fiala et al. 2000
        • Genus Geovibrio Caccavo et al. 2000
          • Species G. ferrireducens Caccavo et al. 2000 (type sp.)
          • Species G. thiophilus Janssen et al. 2002
        • Genus Mucispirillum Robertson et al. 2005
          • Species Mucispirillum schaedleri Robertson et al. 2005
        • Genus Seleniivibrio Rauschenbach et al. 2013
          • Species Seleniivibrio woodruffii Rauschenbach et al. 2013

History

The family was first described in 2001 in order to hold the genera Deferribacter, Flexistipes, and Geovibrio.^[1]

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