Rhodoferax antarcticus

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Rhodoferax antarcticus is a cold-loving, phototrophic bacterium that does not use sulfur compounds. It is highly motile and belongs to the genus Rhodoferax. It was isolated from an Antarctic microbial mat on Ross Island.

Taxonomy:
- Domain: Bacteria
- Phylum: Pseudomonadota
- Class: Betaproteobacteria
- Order: Burkholderiales
- Family: Comamonadaceae
- Genus: Rhodoferax
- Species: Rhodoferax antarcticus
- Binomial name: Rhodoferax antarcticus
- Type strain: ANT.BR = ATCC 700587
- Described by Madigan et al. in 2001