Characterisation of a stable laboratory co-culture of acidophilic nanoorganisms

Abstract This study describes the laboratory cultivation of ARMAN (Archaeal Richmond Mine Acidophilic Nanoorganisms). After 2.5 years of successive transfers in an anoxic medium containing ferric sulfate as an electron acceptor, a consortium was attained that is comprised of two members of the order...

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Main Authors: Susanne Krause, Andreas Bremges, Philipp C. Münch, Alice C. McHardy, Johannes Gescher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03315-6