Leptothrix
| Leptothrix | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
| Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Burkholderiales |
| Family: | Comamonadaceae |
| Genus: | Leptothrix Kützing 1843, genus.[1] |
| Type species | |
| Leptothrix ochracea[1] | |
| Species | |
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Leptothrix cholodnii | |
Leptothrix is a genus of Gram-negative Comamonadaceae bacteria[2] that occur in standing or slow-flowing, ferruginous, neutral to slightly acidic fresh waters with only low concentrations of organic matter. The energy metabolism of Ideonella is strictly aerobic, oxidative, and chemoorganoheterotrophic. Five species are known: L. ochracea, L. discophora, L. cholodnii, L. lopholea, and L. mobilis.
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