Deferrisoma
| Deferrisoma | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Thermodesulfobacteriota |
| Class: | Deferrisomatia Waite et al. 2020 |
| Order: | Deferrisomatales Waite et al. 2020 |
| Family: | Deferrisomataceae Waite et al. 2020 |
| Genus: | Deferrisoma Slobodkina et al. 2012 |
| Type species | |
| Deferrisoma camini Slobodkina et al. 2012
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| Species | |
Deferrisoma is a genus of bacteria from the phylum Thermodesulfobacteriota. 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.