An Acid-tolerant Iron-oxidizing Metallogenium
- 1 September 1972
- journal article
- Published by Microbiology Society in Journal of General Microbiology
- Vol. 72 (2) , 369-376
- https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-72-2-369
Abstract
SUMMARY: A filamentous iron bacterium similar to some reported forms of Gallionella and Metallogenium has been isolated in pure culture from a number of widely distributed iron-bearing streams. This organism grows in multi-branching colonies of iron-encrusted filaments (diameter: 0.1 to 0.4 μm) without a conventional cell body. Differentiation of this bacterium from Gallionella and other forms of Metallogenium is based upon morphology, growth requirements, and ability to catalyse iron oxidation under meso-acidic conditions.Keywords
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