Iron demand by thermophilic and mesophilic bacteria isolated from an Antarctic geothermal soil

• Published in: BioMetals
• Main Authors: PEPI, M., AGNORELLI, C., BARGAGLI, R.
• Other Authors: Pepi, M., Agnorelli, C., Bargagli, R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Continental Antarctica; Geothermal soil; Iron bioavailability; Thermophilic bacteria; Antarctic; Mount Melbourne; Rittmann; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11365/6642; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10534-005-0837-z

The thermophilic bacterial strain MP4 assigned to a new species, likely of the genus Alicyclobacillus, was isolated from geothermal soils on the NW slope of Mount Melbourne, Antarctica. These soils have high iron concentrations and the strain MP4 requires iron additions for growth. Four mesophilic b...