Leptospirillum ferriphilum

Leptospirillum ferriphilum
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Nitrospirae
Class: Nitrospira
Order: Nitrospirales
Family: Nitrospiraceae
Genus: Leptospirillum
Species: L. ferriphilum
Binomial name
Leptospirillum ferriphilum
Coram & Rawlings, 2002

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

  1. ↑ 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. PMC 126727.
  2. ↑ 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. PMC 1393207. PMID 16517682.
  • Tian, Jian; et al. (2007). "Nickel-resistant determinant from Leptospirillum ferriphilum". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73 (7): 2364–2368. doi:10.1128/aem.00207-07. PMC 1855658.
  • 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.
  • Lane, R. S.; et al. (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.


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