Genus Deferribacter
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 4
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Deferribacter Greene et al. 1997, gen. nov. (Type genus of the order ¤ Deferribacterales Huber and Stetter 2002; type genus of the family ¤ Deferribacteraceae Huber and Stetter 2002).
Type species: ¤ Deferribacter thermophilus Greene et al. 1997.
Etymology: L. pref. de-, from; L. n. ferrum, iron; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Deferribacter, rod that reduces iron.
Valid publication: GREENE (A.C.), PATEL (B.K.C.) and SHEEHY (A.J.): Deferribacter thermophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic manganese- and iron-reducing bacterium isolated from a petroleum reservoir. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 505-509.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Deferribacter abyssi Miroshnichenko et al. 2003, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JR = DSM 14873 = JCM 11955.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ515882.
Etymology: L. gen. n. abyssi, of immense depths, living in the depths of the ocean.
Valid publication: MIROSHNICHENKO (M.L.), SLOBODKIN (A.I.), KOSTRIKINA (N.A.), L'HARIDON (S.), NERCESSIAN (O.), SPRING (S.), STACKEBRANDT (E.), BONCH-OSMOLOVSKAYA (E.A.) and JEANTHON (C.): Deferribacter abyssi sp. nov., an anaerobic thermophile from deep-sea hydrothermal vents of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 1637-1641.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: The correct DSMZ accession number of the strain DR (a second strain of Deferribacter abyssi) should be DSM 14928 and not DSM 14927 as erroneously cited in the paper by Miroshnichenko et al. 2003.
Reference: OREN (A.): Personal communication (September 26, 2003).
Deferribacter autotrophicus Slobodkina et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SL50 = DSM 21529 = VKPM B-10097.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU407777.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. autotrophicus, autotrophic.
Valid publication: SLOBODKINA (G.B.), KOLGANOVA (T.V.), CHERNYH (N.A.), QUERELLOU (J.), BONCH-OSMOLOVSKAYA (E.A.) and SLOBODKIN (A.I.): Deferribacter autotrophicus sp. nov., an iron(III)-reducing bacterium from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 1508-1512.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Deferribacter desulfuricans Takai et al. 2003, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SSM1 = DSM 14783 = JCM 11476 = NBRC 101012.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB086060.
Etymology: N.L. part. adj. desulfuricans, reducing sulfur.
Valid publication: TAKAI (K.), KOBAYASHI (H.), NEALSON (K.H.) and HORIKOSHI (K.): Deferribacter desulfuricans sp. nov., a novel sulfur-, nitrate- and arsenate-reducing thermophile isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 839-846.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Deferribacter thermophilus Greene et al. 1997, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) BMA = ACM 5093 = DSM 14813.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: U75602.
Etymology: Gr. n. thermê, heat; N.L. masc. adj. philus (from Gr. masc. adj. philos), friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. thermophilus, heat loving.
Valid publication: GREENE (A.C.), PATEL (B.K.C.) and SHEEHY (A.J.): Deferribacter thermophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic manganese- and iron-reducing bacterium isolated from a petroleum reservoir. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 505-509.
Original article in IJSEM Online