| Deferribacter thermophilus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Deferribacteres |
| Class: | Deferribacteres |
| Order: | Deferribacterales |
| Family: | Deferribacteraceae |
| Genus: | Deferribacter |
| Species: | D. thermophilus |
| Binomial name | |
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Deferribacter thermophilus Greene et al. 1997 |
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Deferribacter thermophilus is an iron-reducing bacteria. It is a manganese- and iron-reducing bacterium. It is thermophilic and anaerobic bacterium, its type strain being designated as strain BMAT. The cells are straight to bent rods (1 to 5 by 0.3 to 0.5 μm).