Abstract
Rod-shaped bacteria capable of oxidizing ferrous iron at 55°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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