Tags: Bacteria.
Mariprofundus ferrooxydans is a neutrophilic chemolithotrophic gram-negative bacterium which can grow by oxidising ferrous to ferric iron. It is the sole member of the class Zetaproteobacteria in the phylum ProteobacteriaThe bacterium was isolated from iron-rich microbial mats associated with hydrothermal vents at a submarine volcano Lōʻihi Seamount near Hawai’i and has only 85.3% 16S similarity to its nearest cultivated species Methylophaga marina.
