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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Deferribacterota Garrity and Holt 20211 |
| Class: | Deferribacteres Huber and Stetter 2002 |
| Order: | Deferribacterales Huber and Stetter 2002 |
| Family: | Deferribacteraceae Huber and Stetter 2002 |
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The Deferribacteraceae are a family of gram-negative bacteria which make energy by anaerobic respiration.2
Description
Deferribacteraceae are rod-shaped, although the rods may be straight or bent. They are gram-negative. Deferribacteraceae perform anaerobic respiration using iron, manganese, or nitrate. They can also produce energy by fermentation. The type genus of the family is Deferribacter.2
Phylogeny
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LSPN)3 and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).4
- Phylum Deferribacterota Garrity and Holt 2021
- Class Deferribacteres Huber & Stetter 2002
- Order Deferribacterales Huber & Stetter 2002
- Genus ?"Ca. Rimicarispirillum" Aubé et al. 2022 {"Microvillispirillaceae" Aubé et al. 2022}
- Family Calditerrivibrionaceae Spring et al. 2022
- Family Deferribacteraceae Huber & Stetter 2002
- Family Deferrivibrionaceae Zavarzina et al. 2023
- Family Flexistipitaceae Spring et al. 2022
- Family Geovibrionaceae Cavalier-Smith 2020
- Family Mucispirillaceae Spring et al. 2022
- Order Deferribacterales Huber & Stetter 2002
- Class Deferribacteres Huber & Stetter 2002
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History
The family was first described in 2001 in order to hold the genera Deferribacter, Flexistipes, and Geovibrio.2
References
References
- Oren A, Garrity GM (2021). "Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 71 (10): 5056. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.005056. PMID 34694987. S2CID 239887308.
- Huber, H., and Stetter, K.O. "Family I. Deferribacteraceae fam. nov." In: Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd ed., vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria) (D.R. Boone and R.W. Castenholz, eds.), Springer-Verlag, New York (2001). pp. 465-466.
- Deferribacteraceae in LPSN; Freese, H. M.; Meier-Kolthoff, J. P.; Sardà Carbasse, J.; Afolayan, A. O.; Göker, M. (29 October 2025). "TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity". Nucleic Acids Research. 53: D1–D12. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaf1110.
- Schoch CL; et al. "Deferribacteraceae". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
- "The LTP". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- "GTDB release 10-RS226". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
- "bac120_r226.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
- "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.