Mariprofundus ferrooxydans

Mariprofundus ferrooxydans
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Pseudomonadota
Class:
Zetaproteobacteria
Order:
Mariprofundales

Hördt et al. 2020[1]
Family:
Mariprofundaceae

Hördt et al. 2020[1]
Genus:
Mariprofundus

Emerson et al. 2010[2]
Species:
M. ferrooxydans
Binomial name
Mariprofundus ferrooxydans
Emerson et al. 2010[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • "Mariprofundales" Makita et al. 2017
  • "Mariprofundales" Emerson et al. 2007

Mariprofundus ferrooxydans is a neutrophilic, chemolithotrophic, Gram-negative bacterium which can grow by oxidising ferrous to ferric iron.[2] It is one of the few members of the class Zetaproteobacteria in the phylum Pseudomonadota. It is typically found in iron-rich deep sea environments, particularly at hydrothermal vents.[4] M. ferrooxydans characteristically produces stalks of solid iron oxyhydroxides that form into iron mats.[2] Genes that have been proposed to catalyze Fe(II) oxidation in M. ferrooxydans are similar to those involved in known metal redox pathways, and thus it serves as a good candidate for a model iron oxidizing organism.[4]

  1. ^ a b Hördt, Anton; López, Marina García; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Schleuning, Marcel; Weinhold, Lisa-Maria; Tindall, Brian J.; Gronow, Sabine; Kyrpides, Nikos C.; Woyke, Tanja; Göker, Markus (7 April 2020). "Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria". Frontiers in Microbiology. 11: 468. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2020.00468. PMC 7179689. PMID 32373076.
  2. ^ a b c d Emerson, D.; Rentz, J. A.; Lilburn, T. G.; Davis, R. E.; Aldrich, H.; Chan, C.; Moyer, C. L. (2007). Reysenbach, Anna-Louise (ed.). "A Novel Lineage of Proteobacteria Involved in Formation of Marine Fe-Oxidizing Microbial Mat Communities". PLOS ONE. 2 (8): e667. Bibcode:2007PLoSO...2..667E. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000667. PMC 1930151. PMID 17668050.
  3. ^ Mariprofundus in LPSN; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004332.
  4. ^ a b Singer E, Emerson D, Webb EA, Barco RA, Kuenen JG, Nelson WC, et al. (2011-09-23). "Mariprofundus ferrooxydans PV-1 the first genome of a marine Fe(II) oxidizing Zetaproteobacterium". PLOS ONE. 6 (9): e25386. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...625386S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0025386. PMC 3179512. PMID 21966516.