Sulfur Oxidation by the Iron Bacterium Ferrobacillus ferrooxidans

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Margalith, P.

RESUMO

Margalith, P. (Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y.), Marvin Silver, and D. G. Lundgren. Sulfur oxidation by the iron bacterium Ferrobacillus ferrooxidans. J. Bacteriol. 92:1706–1709. 1966.—Sulfur and iron oxidation has been studied manometrically by use of Ferrobacillus ferrooxidans grown on either elemental sulfur or ferrous iron as the primary energy source. The iron-oxidizing enzyme was shown to be constitutive, since iron was oxidized as rapidly by sulfur-grown cells as by iron-grown cells. Sulfur-grown cells had a better capacity for oxidizing sulfur than did iron-grown cells; however, no lag in oxidation was seen in either case. The sulfur-oxidizing system was not inducible, and it is suggested that the different oxidative capacities are due to the heterogeneous mixture of cell types in the culture population.

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