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Mixotrophic Iron-OxidizingThiomonasIsolates from an Acid Mine Drainage-Affected Creek

Year: 2020

Type: article

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.

Source: Applied and Environmental Microbiology

DOI: 10.1128/aem.01424-20

Authors: Denise M. Akob, Michelle Hallenbeck, Felix Beulig, Maria Fabisch, Kirsten Küsel, Jessica L. Keffer, Tanja Woyke, Nicole Shapiro, Alla Lapidus, Hans-Peter Klenk, Clara S. Chan

Institutions: United States Geological Survey, Delaware Biotechnology Institute, University of Delaware, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, United States Department of Energy, Joint Genome Institute, St Petersburg University, Newcastle University

Language: English

Topic: Metal Extraction and Bioleaching

Subfield: Metals and Alloys

Field: Materials Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Clean water and sanitation

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, U.S. Navy, Office of Naval Research, Office of Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research

Awards: G1667945442, G2550628570, G3374635718, G42916606, G657680450, Developing a functional marker gene for Fe oxidation, SFB 1076: AquaDiva: Forschungsverbund zum Verständnis der Verknüpfungen zwischen der oberirdischen und unterirdischen Biogeosphäre

OpenAlex ID: W3089806316

FWCI: 0.98

Cites: 115

Cited by: 21

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