Deferribacter

Deferribacter
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Deferribacterota
Class: Deferribacteres
Order: Deferribacterales
Family: Deferribacteraceae
Genus: Deferribacter
Greene et al. 1997
Type species
Deferribacter thermophilus
Greene et al. 1997
Species

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

Etymology

The name Deferribacter derives from:
Latin pref. de-, from; Latin noun ferrum, iron; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun, a rodbacter, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium, rod; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun Deferribacter, rod that reduces iron.

Species

The genus contains 4 species, namely

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024 120 marker proteins based GTDB 10-RS226
Deferribacter

D. abyssi Miroshnichenko et al. 2003

D. autotrophicus Slobodkina et al. 2009

D. desulfuricans Takai et al. 2003

D. thermophilus Greene et al. 1997

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Deferribacter thermophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a Novel Thermophilic Manganese- and Iron-Reducing Bacterium Isolated from a Petroleum Reservoir -- GREENE et al. 47 (2): 505 -- International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology". Archived from the original on 2008-08-29. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Deferribacter in LPSN; Freese, H. M.; Meier-Kolthoff, J. P.; Sardà Carbasse, J.; Afolayan, A. O.; Göker, M. (2026). "TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity". Nucleic Acids Research. 54 (D1): D884–D891. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaf1110.
  3. ↑ "Deferribacter abyssi sp. nov., an anaerobic thermophile from deep-sea hydrothermal vents of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge -- Miroshnichenko et al. 53 (5): 1637 -- International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology". Archived from the original on 2008-10-13. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
  4. ↑ Slobodkina, G. B.; Kolganova, T. V.; Chernyh, N. A.; Querellou, J.; Bonch-Osmolovskaya, E. A.; Slobodkin, A. I. (2009). "Deferribacter autotrophicus sp. Nov., an iron(III)-reducing bacterium from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 59 (6): 1508–1512. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.006767-0. PMID 19502344.
  5. ↑ "Deferribacter desulfuricans sp. nov., a novel sulfur-, nitrate- and arsenate-reducing thermophile isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent -- Takai et al. 53 (3): 839 -- International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology". Archived from the original on 2011-05-05. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
  6. ↑ Schoch CL; et al. "Deferribacter". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
  7. ↑ "The LTP". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  8. ↑ "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  9. ↑ "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  10. ↑ "GTDB release 10-RS226". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  11. ↑ "bac120_r226.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  12. ↑ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.