Deferribacteres

Translingual

Etymology

de- + Latin ferrum (“iron”) + bacterium

Proper noun

Deferribacteres

1. Several species of bacteria that can metabolize iron.
   1. A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Bacteria – now Deferribacterota.
   2. A taxonomic class within the phylum Deferribacterota.

Hypernyms

• (class): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - subkingdom

Hyponyms

• (class): Deferribacterales - order; Deferribacteraceae - family

References

• Deferribacteres on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Deferribacteres on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Bacteria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Deferribacteres at the Tree of Life Web Project
• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI