Leptothrix cholodnii

Leptothrix cholodnii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Comamonadaceae
Genus: Leptothrix
Species: L. cholodnii
Binomial name
Leptothrix cholodnii
Mulder and van Veen 1963[1]
Type strain
LVMW 99[2]

Leptothrix cholodnii is a bacterium from the genus Leptothrix, which has the ability to oxidize Fe(II).[3][4]

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