Deferribacter
Deferribacter is a genus in the phylum Deferribacterota.
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- D. abyssi Miroshnichenko et al. 2003;
- D. autotrophicus Slobodkina et al. 2009;
- D. desulfuricans Takai et al. 2003;
- D. thermophilus Greene et al. 1997.; Greek language|Greek] noun thermē , heat; Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective ''philus''
Phylogeny