Structural and Spatial Associations between Fe, O, and C in the Network Structure of the Leptothrix ochracea Sheath Surface

Abstract

The structural and spatial associations of Fe with O and C in the outer coat fibers of the Leptothrix ochracea sheath were shown to be substantially similar to the stalk fibers of Gallionella ferruginea, i.e., a central C core, probably of bacterial origin, and aquatic Fe interacting with O at the surface of the core.