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Deinobacterium

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

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.

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:

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