Deferrisoma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | |
Phylum: | |
Class: | Deferrisomatia Waite et al. 2020 [1] |
Order: | Deferrisomatales Waite et al. 2020 |
Family: | Deferrisomataceae Waite et al. 2020 |
Genus: | Deferrisoma Slobodkina et al. 2012 [2] |
Type species | |
Deferrisoma camini Slobodkina et al. 2012 | |
Species | |
Deferrisoma is a genus of bacteria from the phylum Desulfobacterota. [2] [3] It is the only described member of the family Deferrisomataceae, order Deferrisomatales, and class Deferrisomatia. Known Deferrisoma species are thermophilic iron reducers that live on deep-sea and shallow hydrothermal vents. [4] [5]