Leptospirillum ferriphilum

Leptospirillum ferriphilum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Nitrospirae
Class:	Nitrospira
Order:	Nitrospirales
Family:	Nitrospiraceae
Genus:	Leptospirillum
Species:	L. ferriphilum
Binomial name
Leptospirillum ferriphilum Coram & Rawlings, 2002

Leptospirillum ferriphilum is an iron-oxidising bacterium. It is one of the species responsible for the generation of acid mine drainage. It is of particular relevance in South African commercial biooxidation tanks operating at 40 °C.

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