Leptothrix ochracea

Leptothrix ochracea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Comamonadaceae
Genus: Leptothrix
Species: L. ochracea
Binomial name
Leptothrix ochracea
Kützing 1843, species.[1]

Leptothrix ochracea is a bacterium from the genus [Leptothrix]].[2] It occurs in iron-rich fresh water and wetlands with only low concentrations of organic matter.[3][4]

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