Deinobacterium

Deinobacterium

Deinobacterium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Deinococcus-Thermus
Class:	Deinococci
Order:
Family:
Genus:	Deinobacterium
Type species
D. chartae

Deinobacterium is a genus in the Deinococcus-Thermus group (Bacteria). Not to be confused with Deinobacter, a disused name for Deinococcus.

Etymology

The name Deinobacterium derives from:
Greek adjective deinos (δεινός), dreadful, strange; New Latin neuter gender noun bacterium, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium; New Latin masculine gender noun Deinobacterium, strange bacterium.

Species

The genus contains a single species, namely ( Ekman et al. 2011, (Type species of the genus).; Latin genitive case noun chartae, of/from paper.) This bacterium is:

See also

References

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