著者
加藤 真悟
出版者
日本微生物生態学会
雑誌
日本微生物生態学会誌 (ISSN:24241989)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.37, no.2, pp.63-69, 2022-09-01 (Released:2022-09-23)
参考文献数
21
著者
加藤 真悟
出版者
一般社団法人日本地球化学会
雑誌
地球化学 (ISSN:03864073)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.49, no.1, pp.1-17, 2015-03-25 (Released:2015-03-30)
参考文献数
87
被引用文献数
2

Iron is a key element to understand global biogeochemical cycling. Microorganisms are involved in redox cycling of iron in natural environments. In particular, neutrophilic iron-oxidizing microorganisms that grow at circumneutral pH potentially play a significant role in global iron oxidation at redox boundaries. However, little is known about neutrophilic iron-oxidizing microorganisms because only a few cultivated species have been reported to date despite a long research history. In this review, knowledge about neutrophilic iron-oxidizing microorganisms, i.e., phylogeny, physiology, ecology, spatial distribution, and unique extracellular polymeric substances, is summarized, including the most recent reports. This will provide useful information to various scientific fields: not only microbiology, but also geochemistry, astrobiology and environmental engineering.