Metallogenium

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Metallogenium
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Metallogenium

Perfilev & Gabe, 1961
Type species
Metallogenium personatum
Perfilev & Gabe, 1961[1]


Metallogenium is a proposed genus of bacteria that has an affinity to form star-shaped manganese oxide minerals. The organism is supposedly observed in limnic environments.[2][3] The species is currently not assigned to any taxonomic family.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Perfilev, B. V.; Gabe, D. R. (1969) [1961]. "Studies of microlandscape". Capillary Methods of Investigating Micro-organisms. Translated by Shewan, J. M. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. pp. 55–58. ISBN 9780802016249.
  2. ^ Joachim Reitner (2011). "Metallogenium". In Joachim Reitner & Volker Theil (ed.). Encyclopedia of Geobiology. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer. pp. 563–565. Bibcode:2011enge.book.....R. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-9212-1_220. ISBN 978-1-4020-9211-4.
  3. ^ L. Y. Stein; K. H. Nealson (1999). "Manganese, Metallogenium, and Martian microfossils" (PDF). The Fifth International Conference on Mars: 6133. Bibcode:1999ficm.conf.6133S.
  4. ^ D. Klaveness (1999). "Metallogenium – a microbial enigma". In Joseph Seckbach (ed.). Enigmatic Microorganisms and Life in Extreme Environments. Springer. pp. 539–548. doi:10.1007/978-94-011-4838-2_42. ISBN 978-94-011-4838-2.

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