Leptothrix ochracea

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Leptothrix ochracea
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Genus: Leptothrix
Species:
L. ochracea
Binomial name
Leptothrix ochracea
Kützing 1843, species. [1]

Leptothrix ochracea is a bacterium from the genus Leptothrix . [2] It occurs in iron-rich fresh water and wetlands with only low concentrations of organic matter. [3] [4]

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References

  1. LPSN
  2. "Info - Leptothrix ochracea L12".
  3. Fleming, E. J.; Langdon, A. E.; Martinez-Garcia, M; Stepanauskas, R; Poulton, N. J.; Masland, E. D.; Emerson, D (2011). "What's new is old: Resolving the identity of Leptothrix ochracea using single cell genomics, pyrosequencing and FISH". PLOS ONE. 6 (3): e17769. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...617769F. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017769 . PMC   3060100 . PMID   21437234.
  4. Präve, Paul (1957). "Untersuchungen über die Stoffwechselphysiologie des Eisenbakteriums Leptothrix ochracea Kützing". Archiv für Mikrobiologie. 27: 33–62. doi:10.1007/BF00424914. S2CID   9565824.