Deferrisoma Slobodkina et al. 2012
General information
Name
Deferrisoma
Valid publication
2012
Lineage
Root.
Bacteria.
Proteobacteria.
Deltaproteobacteria.
Deferrisoma
Nomenclature type
Deferrisoma camini
Etymology
L. pref. <i>de</i>-, from; L. n. <i>ferrum</i>, iron; N.L. pref. <i>deferri</i>-, prefix used to characterize dissimilatory iron reduction; Gr. neut. n. <i>soma</i>, body; N.L. neut. n. <i>Deferrisoma</i>, iron-reducing body.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Cells are rod-shaped and motile with a single polar flagellum. Gram-stain-negative. Anaerobic and moderately thermophilic. Oxidize organic substrates completely with iron(III) and S0 as electron acceptors.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
M022504000001001 | Deferrisoma camini | Species | 1035120 |
M022504000001002 | Deferrisoma palaeochoriense | Species | 1573172 |
References
1
Slobodkina, G.B., Reysenbach, A.-L., Panteleeva, A.N., Kostrikina, N.A., Wagner, I.D., Bonch-Osmolovskaya, E.A., and Slobodkin, A.I. Deferrisoma camini gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic, dissimilatory iron(III)-reducing bacterium from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent that forms a distinct phylogenetic branch in the Deltaproteobacteria. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2012) 62:2463-2468.[DOI:10.1099/ijs.0.038372-0]
[PMID:22140176]