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Identification of iron-reducing Thermus strains as Thermus scotoductus.
Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions - 1 Feb 2004
Balkwill D L, Kieft T L, Tsukuda T, Kostandarithes H M, Onstott T C, Macnaughton S, Bownas J, Fredrickson J K
Abstract excerpt
Thermus strain SA-01, previously isolated from a deep (3.2 km) South African gold mine, is closely related to Thermus strains NMX2 A.1 and VI-7 (previously isolated from thermal springs in New Mexico, USA, and Portugal, respectively). Thermus strains SA-01 and NMX2 A.1 have also been shown previously to grow using nitrate, Fe(III), Mn(IV) or S(O) as terminal electron acceptors and to be capable of reducing...
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