Deferribacteraceae
Family of bacteria
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The Deferribacteraceae are a family of gram-negative bacteria which make energy by anaerobic respiration.[2]
Garrity and Holt 2021[1]
Huber and Stetter 2002
Huber and Stetter 2002
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Deferribacterota Garrity and Holt 2021[1] |
| Class: | Deferribacteres Huber and Stetter 2002 |
| Order: | Deferribacterales Huber and Stetter 2002 |
| Family: | Deferribacteraceae Huber and Stetter 2002 |
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Description
Deferribacteraceae are rod-shaped, although the rods may be straight or bent. They are gram-negative. Deferribacteraceae perform anaerobic respiration using iron, manganese, or nitrate. They can also produce energy by fermentation. The type genus of the family is Deferribacter.[2]
Phylogeny
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LSPN)[3] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).[4]
- Phylum Deferribacterota Garrity and Holt 2021
- Class Deferribacteres Huber & Stetter 2002
- Order Deferribacterales Huber & Stetter 2002
- Genus ?"Ca. Rimicarispirillum" Aubé et al. 2022 {"Microvillispirillaceae" Aubé et al. 2022}
- Family Calditerrivibrionaceae Spring et al. 2022
- Family Deferribacteraceae Huber & Stetter 2002
- Family Deferrivibrionaceae Zavarzina et al. 2023
- Family Flexistipitaceae Spring et al. 2022
- Family Geovibrionaceae Cavalier-Smith 2020
- Family Mucispirillaceae Spring et al. 2022
- Order Deferribacterales Huber & Stetter 2002
- Class Deferribacteres Huber & Stetter 2002
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History
The family was first described in 2001 in order to hold the genera Deferribacter, Flexistipes, and Geovibrio.[2]
