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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1978 September; 36(3): 523-525
Copyright © 1978 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Thermophilic Iron-Oxidizing Bacteria Found in Copper Leaching Dumps

¹ Department of Biology, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico 87801

ABSTRACT

Rod-shaped bacteria capable of oxidizing ferrous iron at 55°C were cultured from samples of a copper mine leach dump. Yeast extract or cysteine was required by these Thiobacillus-like bacteria for growth, using ferrous iron as an energy source.

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