Rhodoferax ferrireducens

Rhodoferax ferrireducens is a psychrotolerant bacterium from the genus Rhodoferax, which was isolated from the mud of Oyster Bay in Virginia.[3]

Rhodoferax ferrireducens
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Comamonadaceae
Genus: Rhodoferax
Species:
R. ferrireducens
Binomial name
Rhodoferax ferrireducens
Finneran et al. 2003[1]
Type strain
ATCC BAA-621, DSM 15236, T118[2]

It has been found to be capable of producing electricity as it feeds on sugars, as a component in a bacterial battery.[4]

References

  1. A.C. Parte. "Rhodoferax". LPSN. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  2. "Strain Passport : DSM 15236 Rhodoferax ferrireducens". Straininfo.net. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  3. "Rhodoferax ferrireducens". Web.mst.edu. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  4. Sarah Graham (September 8, 2003). "Bacterial Battery Converts Sugar into Electricity".


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