ISOLATION AND DETERMINATION OF METALLOGENIUM SYMBIOTICUM IN HURUN MANGANESE DEPOSIT OF GUANGXI
广西湖润锰矿床的共生生金菌的分离与鉴定

Metallogenium symbioticum, a manganese-oxidizing bacterium, was isolated from manganese deposit. It isa budding-breeding, thermophilic and aerobic oxidizing bacterium, and also is a chemoheterotrophic bacterium. It isfit to grow in the pH6--8 environment. Its growth shows periodic, and the interaction with manganese also showsperiodic. It is the main biofactor for oxidizing manganese.