deferribacter desulfuricans deferribacter desulfuricans deferribacter desulfuricans is a species of sulfur-, nitrate- and arsenate-reducing thermophile first isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. it is an anaerobic, heterotrophic thermophile with type strain ssm1t (=jcm 11476t =dsm 14783t). deferribacter desulfuricans scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: deferribacterota class: deferribacteres order: deferribacterales family: deferribacteraceae genus: deferribacter species: d. desulfuricans binomial name deferribacter desulfuricanstakai et al. 2003 genome structure deferribacter desulfuricans genome contains 2,23 mbp with 2,184 protein coding genes.