Thiobacillus ferrooxidans, a facultative hydrogen oxidizer

Journal Article · Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990 · Applied and Environmental Microbiology; (USA)

OSTI ID:6142804

Drobner, E; Huber, H; Stetter, K O ^[1]

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1. Universitaet Regensburg (Germany, F.R.)

The type strain (ATCC 23270) and two other strains of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans were able to grow by hydrogen oxidation, a feature not recognized before. When cultivated on H{sub 2}, a hydrogenase was induced and the strains were less extremely acidophilic than during growth on sulfidic ores. Cells of T. ferrooxidans grown on H{sub 2} and on ferrous iron showed 100% DNA homology. Hydrogen oxidation was not observed in eight other species of the genus Thiobacillus and in Leptospirillum ferrooxidans.

• OSTI ID: 6142804
• Journal Information: Applied and Environmental Microbiology; (USA), Journal Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology; (USA) Vol. 56:9; ISSN 0099-2240; ISSN AEMID
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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550500* -- Metabolism
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
BACILLUS
BACTERIA
BIOLOGY
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
ELEMENTS
ENZYMES
GENETICS
GROWTH
HYDROGEN
HYDROGENASES
IRON
METABOLISM
METALS
MICROORGANISMS
NONMETALS
OXIDATION
OXIDOREDUCTASES
PH VALUE
PHYSIOLOGY
SULFUR
SULFUR-OXIDIZING BACTERIA
THIOBACILLUS FERROXIDANS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS