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Summary: A Leptothrix strain was found to be a motile aerobe which did not ferment sugars but utilized some of them for growth. It required cystine and a source of molybdenum or vanadium, and preferred ornithine or arginine as its N-source. Liquid media of defined chemical composition have been developed for its cultivation, and growth characteristics in these media determined.
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