Albidiferax

Albidiferax
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Betaproteobacteria
Order:	Burkholderiales
Family:	Comamonadaceae
Genus:	Albidiferax
Type species
A. ferrireducens

Albidiferax is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).

The name Albidiferax derives from:
Latin adjective albidus, whitish, white; Latin adjective ferax, fertile; New Latin masculine gender noun Albidiferax, whitish and fertile.

The genus contains a single species, namely A. ferrireducens ( corrig. (Finneran et al. 2003) Ramana and Sasikala 2009, (Type species of the genus).; Latin noun ferrum, iron; Latin participle adjective reducens (from Latin v. reducere), leading back, bringing back and in chemistry converting to a different oxidation state; New Latin participle adjective ferrireducens, iron-reducing (converting iron to a reduced oxidation state).)

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