''Beggiatoa leptomitoformis'' is a

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bacterium from the genus of ''

Beggiatoa ''Beggiatoa'' is a genus of ''Gammaproteobacteria'' belonging the order ''Thiotrichales,'' in the ''Pseudomonadota'' phylum. This genus was one of the first bacteria discovered by Ukrainian botanist Sergei Sergei Winogradsky, Winogradsky. During ...

'' which has been isolated from wastewater from

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External links

Type strain of ''Beggiatoa leptomitoformis'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Thiotrichales Bacteria described in 2017 {{Gammaproteobacteria-stub