Isolation and characterization of a marine iron-oxidizing bacterium requiring NaCl for growth

摘要

An iron-oxidizing bacterium was isolated from seawater, and designated strain KU2-11. The strain KU2-11 was a Gram negative, non-spore-forming and rod-shaped bacterium. Strain KU2-11 can grow autotrophically by using ferrous iron and elemental sulfur as sole energy sources. The bacterium obligately required NaCl for growth. The optimum NaCl concentration was 2