Leptothrix ochracea

{{Short description|Species of bacterium}}

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| genus = Leptothrix (bacterium)

| species = ochracea

| authority = Kützing 1843, species.[https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/leptothrix LPSN]

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Leptothrix ochracea is a bacterium from the genus Leptothrix.{{cite web | url=http://genome.jgi.doe.gov/LepochL12/LepochL12.info.html | title=Info - Leptothrix ochracea L12}} It occurs in iron-rich fresh water and wetlands with only low concentrations of organic matter.{{Cite journal

| pmid = 21437234

| pmc = 3060100

| year = 2011

| last1 = Fleming

| first1 = E. J.

| title = What's new is old: Resolving the identity of Leptothrix ochracea using single cell genomics, pyrosequencing and FISH

| journal = PLOS ONE

| volume = 6

| issue = 3

| pages = e17769

| last2 = Langdon

| first2 = A. E.

| last3 = Martinez-Garcia

| first3 = M

| last4 = Stepanauskas

| first4 = R

| last5 = Poulton

| first5 = N. J.

| last6 = Masland

| first6 = E. D.

| last7 = Emerson

| first7 = D

| doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0017769

| bibcode = 2011PLoSO...617769F

| doi-access = free

}}{{cite journal | doi=10.1007/BF00424914 | volume=27 | title=Untersuchungen über die Stoffwechselphysiologie des Eisenbakteriums Leptothrix ochracea Kützing | journal=Archiv für Mikrobiologie | pages=33–62| year=1957 | last1=Präve | first1=Paul | s2cid=9565824 }}