Project(41073060)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China;Project(12ZR1440400)supported by the Shanghai Natural Science Foundation of Youth,China;Project(B604)supported by the Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline,China;Project supported by the State Environmental Protection Engineering Center for Pollution Treatment and Control in Textile Industry,China
Leptospirillum ferriphilum YXW was isolated through serial dilution from mixed microorganisms enriched in AMD from Dexing copper mine in Jiangxi Province, China. It was mutated by ultrasonic, UV and microwave to colle...