Moya-Beltrán Ana, Cárdenas Juan Pablo, Covarrubias Paulo C, Issotta Francisco, Ossandon Francisco J, Grail Barry M, Holmes David S, Quatrini Raquel, Johnson D Barrie
Fundación Ciencia & Vida, Santiago, Chile.
College of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, United Kingdom.
Genome Announc. 2014 Aug 21;2(4):e00834-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00834-14.
"Ferrovum myxofaciens" is an iron-oxidizing betaproteobacterium with widespread distribution in acidic low-temperature environments, such as acid mine drainage streams. Here, we describe the genomic features of this novel acidophile and investigate the relevant metabolic pathways that enable its survival in these environments.
“黏液铁氧化菌”是一种铁氧化β-变形菌,广泛分布于酸性低温环境中,如酸性矿山排水溪流。在此,我们描述了这种新型嗜酸菌的基因组特征,并研究了使其能在这些环境中生存的相关代谢途径。