Deferribacter | |
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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