Leptothrix

Leptothrix
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Comamonadaceae
Genus: Leptothrix
Kützing 1843, genus.[1]
Type species
Leptothrix ochracea[1]
Species

Leptothrix cholodnii
Leptothrix discophora
Leptothrix lopholea
Leptothrix mobilis
Leptothrix ochracea

Leptothrix is a genus of Gram-negative Comamonadaceae bacteria[2] that occur in standing or slow-flowing, ferruginous, neutral to slightly acidic fresh waters with only low concentrations of organic matter. The energy metabolism of Ideonella is strictly aerobic, oxidative, and chemoorganoheterotrophic. Five species are known: L. ochracea, L. discophora, L. cholodnii, L. lopholea, and L. mobilis.

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