title: Albidiferax
text: # Albidiferax
  
  Albidiferax is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria).
  
  ## Etymology
  
  The name Albidiferax derives from: Latin adjective albidus, whitish, white; Latin adjective ferax, fertile; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun Albidiferax, whitish and fertile.
  
  ## Species
  
  The genus contains a single species, namely Albidiferax ferrireducens ( corrig. (Finneran et al. 2003) Ramana and Sasikala 2009, (Type species of the genus).; Latin noun ferrum, iron; Latin participle adjective reducens (from Latin v. reducere), leading back, bringing back and in chemistry converting to a different oxidation state; Neo-Latin participle adjective ferrireducens, iron-reducing (converting iron to a reduced oxidation state).)
  
  