Biology
Scientific paper
Jun 2005
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005asbio...5..406g&link_type=abstract
Astrobiology, Volume 5, Issue 3, pp. 406-414.
Biology
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Iron Meteorites, Irons, Toluca Meteorite, Iron-Oxidizing Bacteria, Acidophilic Chemolithotrophic Microorganisms
Scientific paper
Chemolithoautotrophy based on reduced inorganic minerals is considered a primitive energy transduction system. Evidence that a high number of meteorites crashed into the planet during the early period of Earth history led us to test the ability of iron-oxidizing bacteria to grow using iron meteorites as their source of energy. Here we report the growth of two acidophilic iron-oxidizing bacteria, Leptospirillum ferrooxidans and Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, on a piece of the Toluca meteorite as the only source of energy. The alteration of the surface of the exposed piece of meteorite, the solubilization of its oxidized metal constituents, mainly ferric iron, and the formation of goethite precipitates all clearly indicate that iron-meteoritebased chemolithotrophic metabolism is viable.
Amils Ricardo
Gómez José María
González-Toril Elena
Martinez-Frias Jesus
Rull Fernando
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