Gallionela sp.

Higher order taxa:
Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Betaproteobacteria: Nitrosomonadales; Gallionellaceae
    Gallionella - stalked chemolithotroph

Gallionella is an iron-oxidizing, chemolithotrophic bacteria that lives in low-oxygen conditions.

Gallionella habitates freshwater ferruginous mineral springs, shallow brackish waters, marine hydrothermal shallow water environments, and active, deep sea hydrothermal venting sites as well as in soil environments assocated with iron.

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