The Deferribacteraceae are a family of gram-negative bacteria which make energy by anaerobic respiration.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.
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.
Phylogeny The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LSPN) and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
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
16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024 120 marker proteins based GTDB 10-RS226
History The family was first described in 2001 in order to hold the genera Deferribacter, Flexistipes, and Geovibrio.
See also List of bacterial orders List of bacteria genera
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