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Deferribacter

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Domain
  
Bacteria

Class
  
Deferribacteres

Family
  
Deferribacteraceae

Phylum
  
"Deferribacteres"

Order
  
Deferribacterales

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Thermodesulfobacteria, Dictyoglomus thermophilum, Geoglobus, Aquificae, Synergistetes

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

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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.

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, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective autotrophicus, autotrophic.)
  • D. desulfuricans ( Takai et al. 2003, ; New Latin participle adjective desulfuricans, reducing sulfur.)
  • D. thermophilus ( Greene et al. 1997, (Type species of the genus).; Greek noun thermē (θέρμη), heat; New Latin masculine gender adjective philus (from Greek masculine gender adjective φίλος), friend, loving; New Latin masculine gender adjective thermophilus, heat loving.)

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    Deferribacter Wikipedia
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