Deferribacter desulfuricans

Deferribacter desulfuricans is a species of sulfur-, nitrate- and arsenate-reducing thermophile first isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. It is an anaerobic, heterotrophic thermophile with type strain SSM1^T (=JCM 11476^T =DSM 14783^T).^[1]

Deferribacter desulfuricans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Deferribacterota
Class:	Deferribacteres
Order:	Deferribacterales
Family:	Deferribacteraceae
Genus:	Deferribacter
Species:	D. desulfuricans
Binomial name
Deferribacter desulfuricans Takai et al. 2003

Genome structure

Deferribacter desulfuricans genome contains 2,23 Mbp with 2,184 protein coding genes.^[2]