Domain Bacteria Class Deferribacteres Family Deferribacteraceae Rank Species | Phylum Deferribacteres Order Deferribacterales Genus Deferribacter | |
Similar Bacillus infernus, Geothrix fermentans, Geoglobus, Pelobacter, Thermodesulfobacteria | ||
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).
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