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The phylum Deferribacteres is a distinct lineage within the Bacteria based on phylogenetic analysis of 16S rDNA sequences. At present the members of this phylum are organized into a single class, order, and family. The relationships within the phylum may, however, be more distant and warrant further subdivision in the future. Chemoorganotrophic heterotrophs that respire anaerobically with terminal electron acceptors including Fe (II), Mn(IV), S0, Co(III), and nitrate. Placement of one genus, Synergistes, is provisional.
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Deferribacter, Flexistipes and Geovibrio. The genus Synergistes (Allison et al., 1992) does not belong to this group, it exhibits sequence differences of about 19% to the other three representatives of the family.
Deferribacter Greene, Patel and Sheehy 1997, 508.
Deferribacter thermophilus Greene, Patel and Sheehy 1997, 509.
Flexistipes sinusarabici Fiala, Woese, Langworthy and Stetter 2000, 1415 (Effective publication: Fiala, Woese, Lang-worthy and Stetter 1990, 125 ).
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Geovibrio ferrireducens Caccavo, Coates, Rossello-Mora, Ludwig, Schleifer, Lovley and McInerney 2000, 1415 (Effective publication: Caccavo, Coates, Rossello-Mora, Ludwig, Schleifer, Lovley and McInerney 1996, 375.)
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Garrity, G.M. et al. (2001). Phylum BIX. Deferribacteres phy. nov.. In: Boone, D.R., Castenholz, R.W., Garrity, G.M. (eds) Bergey’s Manual® of Systematic Bacteriology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-21609-6_26
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