Thermophilic iron-oxidizing bacteria found in copper leaching dumps.
Rod-shaped bacteria capable of oxidizing ferrous iron at 55 degrees C were cultured from samples of a copper mine leach dump. Yeast extract or cysteine was required by these Thiobacillus-like bacteria for growth, using ferrous iron as an energy source.
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Department of Biology, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico 87801.