Iron oxidizing Leptothrix bacteria
by Bertram Schmidt, TUBerlin, Germany
Leptothrix bacteria, in general, are known to be capable of oxidizing both iron(II) and manganese(II) producing ferric hydroxide and manganese oxide.
Submitted on 01 October 2010
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