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Deferribacter

Deferribacter
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: "Deferribacteres"
Class: Deferribacteres
Order: Deferribacterales
Family: Deferribacteraceae
Genus: Deferribacter
Type species
D. thermophilus

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

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.

The genus contains 4 species, namely



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