Deferribacter thermophilus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Deferribacteres |
Class: | Deferribacteres |
Order: | Deferribacterales |
Family: | Deferribacteraceae |
Genus: | Deferribacter |
Species: | D. thermophilus |
Binomial name | |
Deferribacter thermophilus Greene et al. 1997 |
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).