| Deferrisoma | |
|---|---|
| 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]