Query: NC_017094:828836 Leptospirillum ferrooxidans C2-3, complete genome Lineage: Leptospirillum ferrooxidans; Leptospirillum; Nitrospiraceae; Nitrospirales; Nitrospirae; Bacteria General Information: An obligately chemolithotrophic Gram-negative iron-oxidizing bacterium Leptospirillum ferrooxidans C2-3 belonging to phylum Nitrospirae was isolated from fresh volcanic ash deposit in the island of Miyake, Japan.
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General Information: This organism is a spontaneous nalidixic acid-resistant derivative of a wild-type strain (G100A) that was isolated from an oil well corrosion site. It has been cured of a 2.3 Kb cryptic plasmid as well. This organism is one of the few extensively studied sulfate-reducing bacteria.