Deferribacter

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Deferribacter

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Number of species cited in this file: 4
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

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.
Reference: 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 StrainInfo.net): strain JR = DSM 14873 = JCM 11955.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AJ515882.
Etymology: L. gen. n. abyssi, of immense depths, living in the depths of the ocean.
Reference: 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 StrainInfo.net): strain SL50 = DSM 21529 = VKPM B-10097.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EU407777.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. autotrophicus, autotrophic.
Reference: 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 StrainInfo.net): strain SSM1 = DSM 14783 = JCM 11476 = NBRC 101012.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB086060.
Etymology: N.L. part. adj. desulfuricans, reducing sulfur.
Reference: 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 StrainInfo.net): strain BMA = ACM 5093 = DSM 14813.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of 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.
Reference: 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