albidiferax albidiferax albidiferax is a genus in the phylum pseudomonadota (bacteria). albidiferax scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: betaproteobacteria order: burkholderiales family: comamonadaceae genus: albidiferax species: a. ferrireducens binomial name albidiferax ferrireducenscorrig. ramana and sasikala 2009s etymology the name albidiferax derives from:latin adjective albidus, whitish, white; latin adjective ferax, fertile; neo-latin masculine gender noun albidiferax, whitish and fertile. species the genus contains a single species, namely albidiferax ferrireducens ( corrig. (finneran et al. 2003) ramana and sasikala 2009, (type species of the genus).; latin noun ferrum, iron; latin participle adjective reducens (from latin v. reducere), leading back, bringing back and in chemistry converting to a different oxidation state; neo-latin participle adjective ferrireducens, iron-reducing (converting iron to a reduced oxidation state).)