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Leptothrix

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Leptothrix /Lep·to·thrix/ (lep´tah-thriks) a genus of schizomycetes (family Chlamydobacteriaceae), widely distributed and usually found in fresh water.


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PM1 is a gram-negative rod and, based on 16S rDNA sequence similarity, is a member of the beta subgroup of Proteobacteria, in the family Comamonadaceae, and closely related to Aquabacterium, Rubrivivax, Leptothrix, Ideonella, and Hydrogenophaga (Bruns et al.
METAL MICROBE INTERACTIONS: THE OXIDATION OF MANGANESE BY LEPTOTHRIX DISCOPHORA SP-6.
Lehr, 3D X-ray microscopy: tomographic imaging of mineral sheaths of bacteria Leptothrix Ochracea with the Gottingen X-ray microscope at BESSY, Optik 104, 166-170 (1997).
 
 
 
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