Geothermobacterium ferrireducens
| Geothermobacterium ferrireducens | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Thermodesulfobacteriota |
| Class: | Thermodesulfobacteria |
| Order: | Thermodesulfobacteriales |
| Family: | Thermodesulfobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Geothermobacterium
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| Species: | G. ferrireducens
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| Binomial name | |
| Geothermobacterium ferrireducens Kashefi et al. 2002
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Geothermobacterium ferrireducens is a species of hyperthermophilic
thermodesulfobacterium discovered and known exclusively from Obsidian Pool in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.[1][2] Its name comes from the Latin ferrum, meaning Iron, and reducens, meaning conversion to a different state.[3][2]
The bacteria are Fe(III) oxide reduction.[2]
References
- ^ taxonomy. "Taxonomy browser (Geothermobacterium ferrireducens)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
- ^ PMID 11916691.
- ^ "Species: Geothermobacterium ferrireducens". LSPN.
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