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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
Type strain
ATCC BAA-621, DSM 15236, T118

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

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

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".

External links

• Type strain of Rhodoferax ferrireducens at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

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