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The Gallionellaceae\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Sideroxydans<\/jats:italic>\n                      sp. CL21, an autotrophic iron-oxidizing bacterium isolated from a peatland, is unusual among FeOB isolates in its genomic potential to utilize organic compounds as energy sources. Therefore, it offers the unique opportunity to determine genes expressed under litho- vs organotrophic conditions. We demonstrated the growth of\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Sideroxydans<\/jats:italic>\n                      sp. CL21 on organic substrates (lactate and pyruvate) and inorganic substrates [Fe(II), magnetite, thiosulfate, and S(0)]. Thus, cells were capable of lithoautotrophic, organotrophic, and potentially organoheterotrophic growth. Surprisingly, when lactate-grown cells were given Fe(II), mid-log phase cells were unable to oxidize iron, while late-log phase cells oxidized iron. To elucidate iron oxidation pathways, we compared gene expression between mid-log (non-iron-oxidizing) and late-log (iron-oxidizing) lactate-grown cells. Genes for iron oxidases (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">cyc2<\/jats:italic>\n                      ,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">mtoA<\/jats:italic>\n                      ) were highly expressed at both time points but did not correspond to iron oxidation capability, making them unsuitable marker genes of iron oxidation activity by themselves. However, genes encoding periplasmic and inner membrane cytochromes were significantly upregulated in cells capable of iron oxidation. These genes include\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">mtoD<\/jats:italic>\n                      ,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">cymA\/imoA<\/jats:italic>\n                      , and a cluster of Fe(II)-responsive genes (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">ircABCD<\/jats:italic>\n                      ). These findings suggest that Gallionellaceae regulate their iron oxidation pathways in multiple stages, with iron oxidase-encoding genes proactively expressed. Other genes encoding electron carriers are upregulated only when iron oxidation is needed, which makes these genes (i.e.,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">ircABCD<\/jats:italic>\n                      ) good prospective indicators of iron oxidation ability.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:sec>\n                      <jats:title>IMPORTANCE<\/jats:title>\n                      <jats:p>Iron-oxidizing bacteria (FeOB) are widespread in the environment, and we suspect that they play key roles in nutrient and other elemental cycles. However, with no isotopic marker, we lack the ability to monitor FeOB activity, prompting us to search for genetic markers. Previous work suggests that expression of iron oxidase genes does not directly correspond to iron oxidation activity in Gallionellaceae, and little was known about the other genes in the pathway. 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