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Metallogenium — A Microbial Enigma

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Enigmatic Microorganisms and Life in Extreme Environments

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The genus Metallogenium was described by Perfilev and Gabe (1961, transi. 1969) from glass capillaries (“peloscopes”) inserted through the sediment surface in freshwater lakes. The Metallogenium structure is easily recognised from its characteristic trichospherical (Perfilev and Gabe’s term), actinomorphic or asteriform morphology as seen in lakes (Fig. 1), in combination with the deposition of oxides of manganese, which appear dark brown to black in the conventional light microscope (cf. Fig 1). Before Perfilev and Gabe’s description was published, similar structures had been seen for example by Beger (1935), who identified them as bacteria and named them Leptothrix echinata, and by Ruttner (1938), who was of the opinion that they might be “Anorganische Eisenausfällungen”. Perfilev and Gabe (1961) chose the specific epithet “personatum” (lat. “masked”) referring to the manganese oxide deposits which “mask” a possible biological structure. The scientific name is thus Metallogenium personatum Perfilev and Gabe (1961).

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Klaveness, D. (1999). Metallogenium — A Microbial Enigma. In: Seckbach, J. (eds) Enigmatic Microorganisms and Life in Extreme Environments. Cellular Origin and Life in Extreme Habitats, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4838-2_42

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