%0 Journal Article %A Morrison, G. A. %A Edwards, C. J. %T Growth of a Leptothrix Strain in a Chemically Defined Medium %D 1964 %J Microbiology, %V 37 %N 1 %P 1-13 %@ 1465-2080 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-37-1-1 %I Microbiology Society, %X 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. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-37-1-1