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Thiobacillus ferrooxidans, a facultative hydrogen oxidizer.

Applied and environmental microbiology ·Vol. 56 ·No. 9 ·1990-09-00 ·Pages 2922-3

Drobner E, Huber H, Stetter KO

Abstract

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 H2, a hydrogenase was induced and the strains were less extremely acidophilic than during growth on sulfidic ores. Cells of T. ferrooxidans grown on H2 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.

MeSH Terms

DNA, Bacterial/genetics Ferrous Compounds/metabolism Hydrogen/metabolism Oxidation-Reduction Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid Species Specificity Thiobacillus/genetics,growth & development,metabolism

Chemicals

DNA, Bacterial Ferrous Compounds ferrous sulfate Hydrogen

Authors & Affiliations

3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Drobner E

Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie, Universität Regensburg, Federal Republic of Germany.

Huber H

Stetter K O

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Article Info

Journal

Applied and environmental microbiology

Abbr.

Appl Environ Microbiol

ISSN

0099-2240

DOI

10.1128/aem.56.9.2922-2923.1990

Published

1990-09-00

Pages

2922-3

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7605801

PMCID

PMC184866

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/aem.56.9.2922-2923.1990 PMC Full Text View journal details

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