Acidithrix ferrooxidans

Acidithrix ferrooxidans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Acidimicrobiia
Order: Acidimicrobiales
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: "Acidithrix"
Kay et al. 2013[1]
Species:
A. ferrooxidans
Binomial name
Acidithrix ferrooxidans
Kay et al. 2013[1]
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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Acidithrix ferrooxidans". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  3. ^ 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 (inactive 2024-04-17).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of April 2024 (link)
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference :3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).