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. 1978 Sep;36(3):523-5.
doi: 10.1128/aem.36.3.523-525.1978.

Thermophilic iron-oxidizing bacteria found in copper leaching dumps

J A Brierley  1
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Thermophilic iron-oxidizing bacteria found in copper leaching dumps

J A Brierley. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1978 Sep.

Abstract

Rod-shaped bacteria capable of oxidizing ferrous iron at 55 degrees 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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