Acidithrix ferrooxidans
| Acidithrix ferrooxidans | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Acidimicrobiia |
| Order: | Acidimicrobiales |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Kay et al. 2013[1] |
| Species: | A. ferrooxidans
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| Binomial name | |
| Acidithrix ferrooxidans Kay et al. 2013[1]
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| Type strain | |
| DSM 28176 JCM 19728 Py-F3[2] | |
Acidithrix ferrooxidans (A. ferrooxidans) is a heterotrophic, acidophilic and Gram-positive bacterium from the genus Acidithrix. The type strain of this species, A. ferrooxidans Py-F3, was isolated from an acidic stream draining from a copper mine in Wales.[1][3][4] This species grows in a variety of acidic environments such as streams, mines or geothermal sites.[1] Mine lakes with a redoxcline support growth with ferrous iron as the electron donor.[1][5] "A. ferrooxidans" grows rapidly in macroscopic streamer, producing greater cell densities than other streamer-forming microbes.[6] Use in a bioreactors to remediate mine waste has been proposed due to cell densities and rapid oxidation of ferrous iron oxidation in acidic mine drainage.[6] Exopolysaccharide production during metal substrate metabolism, such as iron oxidation helps to prevent cell encrustation by minerals.[5]
- ^ a b c d e Jones, RM; Johnson, DB (2014). "Acidithrix ferrooxidans gen. nov., sp. nov.; a filamentous and obligately heterotrophic, acidophilic member of the Actinobacteria that catalyzes dissimilatory oxido-reduction of iron". Research in Microbiology. 166 (2): 111–20. doi:10.1016/j.resmic.2015.01.003. PMID 25638020.
- ^ Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Acidithrix ferrooxidans". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved May 10, 2022.
- ^ Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (2015). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (eds.). "Nomenclature Abstract for Acidithrix ferrooxidans Jones and Johnson 2015". The NamesforLife Abstracts. doi:10.1601/nm.27541.
- ^ Eisen, Sebastian; Poehlein, Anja; Johnson, D. Barrie; Daniel, Rolf; Schlömann, Michael; Mühling, Martin (30 April 2015). "Genome Sequence of the Acidophilic Ferrous Iron-Oxidizing Isolate Acidithrix ferrooxidans Strain Py-F3, the Proposed Type Strain of the Novel Actinobacterial Genus Acidithrix". Genome Announcements. 3 (2): e00382-15. doi:10.1128/genomeA.00382-15. PMC 4417699. PMID 25931603.
- ^ a b Jiro F. Mori; Shipeng Lu; Matthias Händel; Kai Uwe Totsche; Thomas R. Neu; Vasile Vlad Iancu; Nicolae Tarcea; Jürgen Popp; Kirsten Küsel (2016-01-01). "Schwertmannite formation at cell junctions by a new filament-forming Fe(II)-oxidizing isolate affiliated with the novel genus Acidithrix". Microbiology. 162 (1): 62–71. doi:10.1099/mic.0.000205. ISSN 1350-0872. PMID 26506965.
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