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Deferrisoma camini is an anaerobic bacterium. The measured temperature growth for Deferrisoma camini was between 36°C-64°C

Taxonomy
Deferrisoma camini is one of the two known species in the Deferrisoma genus. The cells are rod-shaped and have a single motile polar flagellum. Deferrisoma camini is gram stain negative. It has been identified as a thermophilic, anaerobic, iron (III) oxidizing bacterium that can be found near deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Deferrisoma camini uses acetate, fumarate, malate, maleinate, succinate, stearate, palmitate, propanol, peptone and yeast extract as electron donors for iron(III) reduction. Deferrisoma camini has an optimum temperature growth of 50°C with an optimum pH range of growth at a pH of 6.5. High temperature, mild pH level, deep sea hydrothermal vents, iron-rich environments favor Deferrisoma camini.

Function and Structure
The main function of Deferrisoma camini is to reduce iron (III) in its micro-community. It can also reduce elemental sulfur and use it as an electron acceptor. Deferrisoma camini can be cultured in a bicarbonate-buffered sterile liquid medium. The cell size for Deferrisoma camini is 0.5–0.6 µm in diameter and 0.8–1.3 µm long. Deferrisoma camini can also use elemental sulfur as an electron acceptor.

References:

Slobodkina, G. B.; Reysenbach, A.-L.; Panteleeva, A. N.; Kostrikina, N. A.; Wagner, I. D.; Bonch-Osmolovskaya, E. A.; Slobodkin, A. I. (2012). "Deferrisoma camini gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic, dissimilatory iron(III)-reducing bacterium from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent that forms a distinct phylogenetic branch in the Deltaproteobacteria". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 62 (Pt_10): 2463–2468. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.038372-0. ISSN 1466-5034.