Deinobacterium

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

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

Species
The genus contains a single species, namely D. chartae ( Ekman et al. 2011, (Type species of the genus).; Latin genitive case noun chartae, of/from paper.) This bacterium is:
 * rod-shaped
 * non-spore-forming
 * non-motile, aerobic
 * oxidase and catalase-positive
 * radiation-resistant bacterium
 * pale pink colonies on oligotrophic medium at 12 to 50 °C (optimum 37 to 45 °C) and at pH 6 to 10.3
 * peptidoglycan type A3β with L-Orn–Gly–Gly
 * quinone: MK-8
 * CG 67%
 * isolated from biofilm collected from a Finnish paper mill