Deferribacteraceae
The Deferribacteraceae are a family of gram-negative bacteria which make energy by anaerobic respiration.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.Taxonomy
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
- Phylum Deferribacteres Garrity & Holt 2001 emend. Jumas-Bilak et al. 2009
- * Class Deferribacteres Huber & Stetter 2002
- ** Order Deferribacterales Huber & Stetter 2002
- *** Family Deferribacteraceae Huber & Stetter 2002
- **** Genus Calditerrivibrio Iino et al. 2008
- ***** Species Calditerrivibrio nitroreducens Iino et al. 2008
- **** Genus Denitrovibrio Myhr & Torsvik 2000
- ***** Species Denitrovibrio acetiphilus Myhr & Torsvik 2000
- **** Genus Deferribacter Greene et al. 1997
- ***** Species D. abyssi Miroshnichenko et al. 2003
- ***** Species D. autotrophicus Slobodkina et al. 2009
- ***** Species D. desulfuricans Takai et al. 2003
- ***** Species D. thermophilus Greene et al. 1997
- **** Genus Flexistipes Fiala et al. 2000
- ***** Species Flexistipes sinusarabici Fiala et al. 2000
- **** Genus Geovibrio Caccavo et al. 2000
- ***** Species G. ferrireducens Caccavo et al. 2000
- ***** Species G. thiophilus Janssen et al. 2002
- **** Genus Mucispirillum Robertson et al. 2005
- ***** Species Mucispirillum schaedleri Robertson et al. 2005
- **** Genus Seleniivibrio Rauschenbach et al. 2013
- ***** Species Seleniivibrio woodruffii Rauschenbach et al. 2013
History
The family was first described in 2001 in order to hold the genera Deferribacter, Flexistipes, and Geovibrio.
