Acidophile used for bioremediation and recovery of important metals. Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC 23270

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC 23270. This organism was isolated from bituminous coal mine effluent. The genome sequence of this organism will provide information on the production and regulation of proteins involved in iron-oxidation and will be used for comparative analysis with other iron-oxidizing bacteria.