Deferribacter

Deferribacter
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Deferribacterota
Class:	Deferribacteres
Order:	Deferribacterales
Family:	Deferribacteraceae
Genus:	Deferribacter Greene et al. 1997
Type species
Deferribacter thermophilus Greene et al. 1997
Species
D. abyssi D. autotrophicus D. desulfuricans D. thermophilus

Deferribacter is a genus in the phylum Deferribacterota (Bacteria).

Etymology

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

Species

The genus contains 4 species, namely

• D. abyssi Miroshnichenko et al. 2003; (Latin genitive case noun abyssi, of immense depths, living in the depths of the ocean.)
• D. autotrophicus Slobodkina et al. 2009; (Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective autotrophicus, autotrophic.)
• D. desulfuricans Takai et al. 2003; (Neo-Latin participle adjective desulfuricans, reducing sulfur.)
• D. thermophilus Greene et al. 1997 ((Type species of the genus).; Greek noun thermē (θέρμη), heat; Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective philus (from Greek masculine gender adjective φίλος), friend, loving; Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective thermophilus, heat loving.)

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024	120 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220
D. abyssi Miroshnichenko et al. 2003 D. autotrophicus Slobodkina et al. 2009 D. desulfuricans Takai et al. 2003 D. thermophilus Greene et al. 1997	D. autotrophicus D. desulfuricans

See also

• Bacterial taxonomy
• Microbiology
• List of bacterial orders
• List of bacteria genera