Mixotrophic Iron-OxidizingThiomonasIsolates from an Acid Mine Drainage-Affected Creek
Abstract
As AMD moves through the environment, it impacts aquatic ecosystems, but at the same time, these ecosystems can naturally attenuate contaminated waters via acid neutralization and catalyzing metal precipitation. This is the case in the former Ronneburg uranium-mining district, where AMD impacts creek sediments. We isolated and characterized two iron-oxidizingThiomonasspecies that are mildly acidophilic to neutrophilic and that have two genetic pathways for iron oxidation. TheseThiomonasspecies are well positioned to naturally attenuate AMD as it discharges across the landscape.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Nov 24, 2020
- Source ID
- 10.1128/aem.01424-20
Entities
People
- Alla Lapidus
- Clara S Chan
- Denise M. Akob
- Felix Beulig
- Hans-Peter Klenk
- Jessica Keffer
- Kirsten Küsel
- Maria Fabisch
- Michelle Hallenbeck
- Nicole Shapiro
- Tanja Woyke
Organizations
- Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- German Research Foundation
- Joint Genome Institute
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- National Science Foundation
- Newcastle University
- Office of Naval Research
- Saint Petersburg State University
- United States Department of Energy
- University of Delaware