Anaerobic, mesophilic, Fe(III)-reducing bacterium.
Isolated from brine samples pumped from a borehole depth of up to 55 m in the Soudan Underground Mine State Park (Soudan, MN, USA; 47.8168 deg N, 92.2489 deg W).
Hsu D, Flynn JR, Schuler CJ, Santelli CM, Toner BM, Bond DR, Gralnick JA
Title
Isolation and genomic analysis of "Metallumcola ferriviriculae" MK1, a Gram-positive, Fe(III)-reducing bacterium from the Soudan Underground Mine, an iron-rich Martian analog site.
