deinobacterium deinobacterium deinobacterium is a genus in the deinococcota phylum (bacteria). not to be confused with deinobacter, a disused name for deinococcus. deinobacterium scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: deinococcota class: deinococci order: deinococcales family: deinococcaceae genus: deinobacteriumekman et al. 2011 type species deinobacterium chartaeekman et al. 2011 etymology the name deinobacterium derives from: greek adjective deinos (δεινός), dreadful, strange; neo-latin neuter gender noun bacterium, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium; neo-latin masculine gender noun deinobacterium, strange bacterium. species the genus contains a single species, namely d. chartae ( ekman et al. 2011, (type species of the genus).; latin genitive case noun chartae, of/from paper.) this bacterium is: rod-shaped non-spore-forming non-motile, aerobic oxidase and catalase-positive radiation-resistant bacterium pale pink colonies on oligotrophic medium at 12 to 50 °c (optimum 37 to 45 °c) and at ph 6 to 10.3 peptidoglycan type a3β with l-orn–gly–gly quinone: mk-8 cg 67% isolated from biofilm collected from a finnish paper mill