Biology:Leptospirillum ferriphilum
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Short description: Species of bacterium
| Leptospirillum ferriphilum | |
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| Order: | Nitrospirales
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| Genus: | Leptospirillum
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| Species: | L. ferriphilum
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| Leptospirillum ferriphilum Coram & Rawlings, 2002
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Leptospirillum ferriphilum is an iron-oxidising bacterium.[1] It is one of the species responsible for the generation of acid mine drainage.[2] It is of particular relevance in South African commercial biooxidation tanks operating at 40 °C.
References
- ↑ Coram, N. J.; Rawlings, D. E. (2002). "Molecular Relationship between Two Groups of the Genus Leptospirillum and the Finding that Leptospirillum ferriphilum sp. nov. Dominates South African Commercial Biooxidation Tanks That Operate at 40 C". Applied and Environmental Microbiology 68 (2): 838–845. doi:10.1128/AEM.68.2.838-845.2002. ISSN 0099-2240. PMID 11823226.
- ↑ Ojumu, Tunde V.; Petersen, Jochen (2011). "The kinetics of ferrous ion oxidation by Leptospirillum ferriphilum in continuous culture: The effect of pH". Hydrometallurgy 106 (1–2): 5–11. doi:10.1016/j.hydromet.2010.11.007. ISSN 0304-386X.
Further reading
- Tuffin, I. M.; Hector, S. B.; Deane, S. M.; Rawlings, D. E. (2006). "Resistance Determinants of a Highly Arsenic-Resistant Strain of Leptospirillum ferriphilum Isolated from a Commercial Biooxidation Tank". Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72 (3): 2247–2253. doi:10.1128/AEM.72.3.2247-2253.2006. ISSN 0099-2240. PMID 16517682.
- Tian, Jian (2007). "Nickel-resistant determinant from Leptospirillum ferriphilum". Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73 (7): 2364–2368. doi:10.1128/aem.00207-07. PMID 17293508.
- Mi, Shuang; Song, Jian; Lin, Jianqun; Che, Yuanyuan; Zheng, Huajun; Lin, Jianqiang (2011). "Complete genome of Leptospirillum ferriphilum ML-04 provides insight into its physiology and environmental adaptation". The Journal of Microbiology 49 (6): 890–901. doi:10.1007/s12275-011-1099-9. ISSN 1225-8873. PMID 22203551.
- Lane, R. S. (2006). "Refractoriness of the western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis) to the Lyme disease group spirochete Borrelia bissettii". Journal of Parasitology 92 (4): 691–696. doi:10.1645/ge-738r1.1. PMID 16995383.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q16984421 entry
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