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).^[1]

Etymology

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.^[2]

Species

The genus contains 4 species, namely^[2]

• D. abyssi ( Miroshnichenko et al. 2003, ; Latin genitive case noun abyssi, of immense depths, living in the depths of the ocean.)^[3]
• D. autotrophicus ( Slobodkina et al. 2009, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective autotrophicus, autotrophic.)^[4]
• D. desulfuricans ( Takai et al. 2003, ; New Latin participle adjective desulfuricans, reducing sulfur.)^[5]
• D. thermophilus ( Greene et al. 1997, (Type species of the genus).; Greek noun thermē (θέρμη), heat; New Latin masculine gender adjective philus (from Greek masculine gender adjective φίλος), friend, loving; New Latin masculine gender adjective thermophilus, heat loving.)^[6]

See Also

• Bacterial taxonomy
• Microbiology

References

1. ^ Classification of Genera DL entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". Int J Syst Bacteriol 47 (2): 590-2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/47/2/590. ]
2. ^ ^{a b} Deferribacter entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". Int J Syst Bacteriol 47 (2): 590-2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/47/2/590. ]
3. ^ http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/53/5/1637
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.  edit
5. ^ http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/53/3/839
6. ^ http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/47/2/505