Mariprofundus ferrooxydans | |
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Order: | Mariprofundales Hördt et al. 2020[1]
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Family: | Mariprofundaceae Hördt et al. 2020[1]
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Genus: | Mariprofundus Emerson et al. 2010[2]
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Species: | M. ferrooxydans
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Mariprofundus ferrooxydans Emerson et al. 2010[2]
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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]
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