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Iron Bacteria

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Microbial Ecology of Lake Plußsee

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Abstract

Biological precipitation of Fe oxide and/or Mn oxide is associated with bacteria of different taxonomic groups. Since the cultivation of these so-called “iron bacteria” still is problematic, and pure culture studies have not been verified, their taxonomy is based on morphological properties. Therefore, the taxonomy of many “iron bacteria” is still uncertain and needs further study (Aristovskaya 1961, Mulder and van Veen 1963, Hirsch 1967, 1974, Tyler and Marshall 1967, Dubinina 1970, 1984, Dubinina and Zhdanov 1975, Zavarzin and Hirsch 1974, Zavarzin 1989).

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    Jürgen Overbeck

  2. Microbial Ecology Department, University of Warsaw, ul. Karowa 18, PL-00-927, Warsaw 64, Poland

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Schmidt, WD., Overbeck, J. (1994). Iron Bacteria. In: Overbeck, J., Chróst, R.J. (eds) Microbial Ecology of Lake Plußsee. Ecological Studies, vol 105. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2606-2_15

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