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Iron Bacteria

Mount Clear, ACT

Iron Bacteria at Mount Clear, ACT - 3 Nov 2016 12:57 PM
Iron Bacteria at Mount Clear, ACT - 3 Nov 2016 12:57 PM
Iron Bacteria at Mount Clear, ACT - 3 Nov 2016 12:57 PM
Iron Bacteria at Mount Clear, ACT - 3 Nov 2016 12:57 PM
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Iron Bacteria 11 Jan 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Iron Bacteria 11 Jan 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Iron Bacteria 11 Jan 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Iron Bacteria 11 Jan 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Iron Bacteria 11 Jan 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Iron Bacteria 11 Jan 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Iron Bacteria 11 Jan 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Iron Bacteria 11 Jan 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Iron Bacteria 11 Jan 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Iron Bacteria 11 Jan 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Iron Bacteria 11 Jan 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Iron Bacteria 11 Jan 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Iron Bacteria 11 Jan 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Iron Bacteria 11 Jan 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Iron Bacteria 11 Jan 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Iron Bacteria 11 Jan 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Iron Bacteria 11 Jan 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Iron Bacteria 11 Jan 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Iron Bacteria 11 Jan 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Iron Bacteria 11 Jan 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Iron Bacteria 11 Jan 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Iron Bacteria 11 Jan 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Iron Bacteria 11 Jan 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Iron Bacteria 11 Jan 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Iron Bacteria 11 Jan 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Iron Bacteria 11 Jan 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Iron Bacteria 11 Jan 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Iron Bacteria 11 Jan 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Iron Bacteria 11 Jan 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Iron Bacteria 11 Jan 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Iron Bacteria 11 Jan 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Iron Bacteria 7 Nov 2016 KenT
Iron Bacteria 7 Nov 2016 KenT
Iron Bacteria 7 Nov 2016 KenT

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User's notes

Found at the edge of a stream. Sheath-forming iron- and manganese-depositing bacteria possibly in the Sphaerotilus-Leptothrix group. Individual tubes to >640µm long and 1.3µm wide. To take the id any further requires some serious laboratory equipment and skills. For a recent reference to this group see Schmidt et al. 2014, FEMS Microbial Ecology 90: 454-466.

31 comments

   11 Jan 2017
Stephen Skinner of the NSW Herbarium said "I concur that it is bacterial...and there is more in the notes than I could have said. As far as I am aware, these iron bacterial patches are not any cause for worry, but in New Zealand all such things require to be reported and checked!
   11 Jan 2017
Stephen Skinner of the NSW Herbarium said "I concur that it is bacterial...and there is more in the notes than I could have said. As far as I am aware, these iron bacterial patches are not any cause for worry, but in New Zealand all such things require to be reported and checked!
   11 Jan 2017
Stephen Skinner of the NSW Herbarium said "I concur that it is bacterial...and there is more in the notes than I could have said. As far as I am aware, these iron bacterial patches are not any cause for worry, but in New Zealand all such things require to be reported and checked!
   11 Jan 2017
Stephen Skinner of the NSW Herbarium said "I concur that it is bacterial...and there is more in the notes than I could have said. As far as I am aware, these iron bacterial patches are not any cause for worry, but in New Zealand all such things require to be reported and checked!
   11 Jan 2017
Stephen Skinner of the NSW Herbarium said "I concur that it is bacterial...and there is more in the notes than I could have said. As far as I am aware, these iron bacterial patches are not any cause for worry, but in New Zealand all such things require to be reported and checked!
   11 Jan 2017
Stephen Skinner of the NSW Herbarium said "I concur that it is bacterial...and there is more in the notes than I could have said. As far as I am aware, these iron bacterial patches are not any cause for worry, but in New Zealand all such things require to be reported and checked!
   11 Jan 2017
Stephen Skinner of the NSW Herbarium said "I concur that it is bacterial...and there is more in the notes than I could have said. As far as I am aware, these iron bacterial patches are not any cause for worry, but in New Zealand all such things require to be reported and checked!
   11 Jan 2017
Stephen Skinner of the NSW Herbarium said "I concur that it is bacterial...and there is more in the notes than I could have said. As far as I am aware, these iron bacterial patches are not any cause for worry, but in New Zealand all such things require to be reported and checked!
   11 Jan 2017
Stephen Skinner of the NSW Herbarium said "I concur that it is bacterial...and there is more in the notes than I could have said. As far as I am aware, these iron bacterial patches are not any cause for worry, but in New Zealand all such things require to be reported and checked!
   11 Jan 2017
Stephen Skinner of the NSW Herbarium said "I concur that it is bacterial...and there is more in the notes than I could have said. As far as I am aware, these iron bacterial patches are not any cause for worry, but in New Zealand all such things require to be reported and checked!
   11 Jan 2017
Stephen Skinner of the NSW Herbarium said "I concur that it is bacterial...and there is more in the notes than I could have said. As far as I am aware, these iron bacterial patches are not any cause for worry, but in New Zealand all such things require to be reported and checked!
   11 Jan 2017
Stephen Skinner of the NSW Herbarium said "I concur that it is bacterial...and there is more in the notes than I could have said. As far as I am aware, these iron bacterial patches are not any cause for worry, but in New Zealand all such things require to be reported and checked!
   11 Jan 2017
Stephen Skinner of the NSW Herbarium said "I concur that it is bacterial...and there is more in the notes than I could have said. As far as I am aware, these iron bacterial patches are not any cause for worry, but in New Zealand all such things require to be reported and checked!
   11 Jan 2017
Stephen Skinner of the NSW Herbarium said "I concur that it is bacterial...and there is more in the notes than I could have said. As far as I am aware, these iron bacterial patches are not any cause for worry, but in New Zealand all such things require to be reported and checked!
   11 Jan 2017
Stephen Skinner of the NSW Herbarium said "I concur that it is bacterial...and there is more in the notes than I could have said. As far as I am aware, these iron bacterial patches are not any cause for worry, but in New Zealand all such things require to be reported and checked!
   11 Jan 2017
Stephen Skinner of the NSW Herbarium said "I concur that it is bacterial...and there is more in the notes than I could have said. As far as I am aware, these iron bacterial patches are not any cause for worry, but in New Zealand all such things require to be reported and checked!
   11 Jan 2017
Stephen Skinner of the NSW Herbarium said "I concur that it is bacterial...and there is more in the notes than I could have said. As far as I am aware, these iron bacterial patches are not any cause for worry, but in New Zealand all such things require to be reported and checked!
   11 Jan 2017
Stephen Skinner of the NSW Herbarium said "I concur that it is bacterial...and there is more in the notes than I could have said. As far as I am aware, these iron bacterial patches are not any cause for worry, but in New Zealand all such things require to be reported and checked!
   11 Jan 2017
Stephen Skinner of the NSW Herbarium said "I concur that it is bacterial...and there is more in the notes than I could have said. As far as I am aware, these iron bacterial patches are not any cause for worry, but in New Zealand all such things require to be reported and checked!
   11 Jan 2017
Stephen Skinner of the NSW Herbarium said "I concur that it is bacterial...and there is more in the notes than I could have said. As far as I am aware, these iron bacterial patches are not any cause for worry, but in New Zealand all such things require to be reported and checked!
   11 Jan 2017
Stephen Skinner of the NSW Herbarium said "I concur that it is bacterial...and there is more in the notes than I could have said. As far as I am aware, these iron bacterial patches are not any cause for worry, but in New Zealand all such things require to be reported and checked!
   11 Jan 2017
Stephen Skinner of the NSW Herbarium said "I concur that it is bacterial...and there is more in the notes than I could have said. As far as I am aware, these iron bacterial patches are not any cause for worry, but in New Zealand all such things require to be reported and checked!
   11 Jan 2017
Stephen Skinner of the NSW Herbarium said "I concur that it is bacterial...and there is more in the notes than I could have said. As far as I am aware, these iron bacterial patches are not any cause for worry, but in New Zealand all such things require to be reported and checked!
   11 Jan 2017
Stephen Skinner of the NSW Herbarium said "I concur that it is bacterial...and there is more in the notes than I could have said. As far as I am aware, these iron bacterial patches are not any cause for worry, but in New Zealand all such things require to be reported and checked!
   11 Jan 2017
Stephen Skinner of the NSW Herbarium said "I concur that it is bacterial...and there is more in the notes than I could have said. As far as I am aware, these iron bacterial patches are not any cause for worry, but in New Zealand all such things require to be reported and checked!
   11 Jan 2017
Stephen Skinner of the NSW Herbarium said "I concur that it is bacterial...and there is more in the notes than I could have said. As far as I am aware, these iron bacterial patches are not any cause for worry, but in New Zealand all such things require to be reported and checked!
   11 Jan 2017
Stephen Skinner of the NSW Herbarium said "I concur that it is bacterial...and there is more in the notes than I could have said. As far as I am aware, these iron bacterial patches are not any cause for worry, but in New Zealand all such things require to be reported and checked!
   11 Jan 2017
Stephen Skinner of the NSW Herbarium said "I concur that it is bacterial...and there is more in the notes than I could have said. As far as I am aware, these iron bacterial patches are not any cause for worry, but in New Zealand all such things require to be reported and checked!
   11 Jan 2017
Stephen Skinner of the NSW Herbarium said "I concur that it is bacterial...and there is more in the notes than I could have said. As far as I am aware, these iron bacterial patches are not any cause for worry, but in New Zealand all such things require to be reported and checked!
   11 Jan 2017
Stephen Skinner of the NSW Herbarium said "I concur that it is bacterial...and there is more in the notes than I could have said. As far as I am aware, these iron bacterial patches are not any cause for worry, but in New Zealand all such things require to be reported and checked!
   11 Jan 2017
Stephen Skinner of the NSW Herbarium said "I concur that it is bacterial...and there is more in the notes than I could have said. As far as I am aware, these iron bacterial patches are not any cause for worry, but in New Zealand all such things require to be reported and checked!

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  • Iron Bacteria Scientific name
  • Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 592.86m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
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