Albidiferax is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria).

[1] The name Albidiferax derives from:Latin adjective albidus, whitish, white; Latin adjective ferax, fertile; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun Albidiferax, whitish and fertile.

[2] The genus contains a single species,[2] 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).