Deferribacteraceae

The Deferribacteraceae are a family of gram-negative bacteria which make energy by anaerobic respiration.<ref name=Bergey>Huber, H., and Stetter, K.O. "Family I. Deferribacteraceae fam. nov." In: Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd ed., vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria) (D.R. Boone and R.W. Castenholz, eds.), Springer-Verlag, New York (2001). pp. 465-466.</ref>

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.<ref name=Bergey/>

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LSPN) <ref>See the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. Data extracted from the {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> <ref>See the NCBI webpage on Deferribacteres Data extracted from the {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

• Phylum Deferribacterota Garrity and Holt 2021
  • Class Deferribacteres Huber & Stetter 2002
    • Order Deferribacterales Huber & Stetter 2002
      • Genus ?"Ca. Rimicarispirillum" 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

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History

The family was first described in 2001 in order to hold the genera Deferribacter, Flexistipes, and Geovibrio.<ref name=Bergey/>

See also

• List of bacterial orders
• List of bacteria genera