FOOX_study
Iron-oxidizing freshwater bacterium
<P><B><I>Leptothrix cholodnii</I> SP-6</B>.  <I>Leptothrix cholodnii</I> SP-6 was isolated from water and flocculent from an artificial iron seep in Ithaca, NY.  This organism is being sequenced for comparative analysis with other iron-oxidizing bacterium.