deferribacter deferribacter deferribacter is a genus in the phylum deferribacterota (bacteria). deferribacter scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: deferribacterota class: deferribacteres order: deferribacterales family: deferribacteraceae genus: deferribactergreene et al. 1997 type species deferribacter thermophilusgreene et al. 1997 species d. abyssi d. autotrophicus d. desulfuricans d. thermophilus etymology the name deferribacter derives from:latin pref. de-, from; latin noun ferrum, iron; neo-latin masculine gender noun, a rodbacter, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium, rod; neo-latin masculine gender noun deferribacter, rod that reduces iron. species the genus contains 4 species, namely d. abyssi miroshnichenko et al. 2003; (latin genitive case noun abyssi, of immense depths, living in the depths of the ocean.) d. autotrophicus slobodkina et al. 2009; (neo-latin masculine gender adjective autotrophicus, autotrophic.) d. desulfuricans takai et al. 2003; (neo-latin participle adjective desulfuricans, reducing sulfur.) d. thermophilus greene et al. 1997 ((type species of the genus).; greek noun thermē (θέρμη), heat; neo-latin masculine gender adjective philus (from greek masculine gender adjective φίλος), friend, loving; neo-latin masculine gender adjective thermophilus, heat loving.) phylogeny the currently accepted taxonomy is based on the list of prokaryotic names with standing in nomenclature (lpsn) and national center for biotechnology information (ncbi) 16s rrna based ltp_01_2022 gtdb 07-rs207 by genome taxonomy database d. abyssi miroshnichenko et al. 2003 d. autotrophicus slobodkina et al. 2009 d. desulfuricans takai et al. 2003 d. thermophilus greene et al. 1997 d. autotrophicus d. desulfuricans