Leptospirillum ferriphilum Coram & Rawlings, 2002
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- Leptospirillum ferriphilum
Abstract
Leptospirillum ferriphilum is an iron-oxidising bacterium. It is one of the species responsible for the generation of acid mine drainage. It is of particular relevance in South African commercial biooxidation tanks operating at 40 °C.