ISSN:
1662-8985
Source:
Scientific.Net: Materials Science & Technology / Trans Tech Publications Archiv 1984-2008
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Growth on ferrous iron of a new isolate of the halotolerant acidophile “Thiobacillusprosperus” occurred with a substrate oxidation rate similar to that of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans,but with a requirement for salt (NaCl). These observations contrast with the previous description of“T. prosperus” in which a salt requirement was not noted and growth on ferrous iron was describedas poor. As well as similar capacities for iron oxidation, these species were shown to possess similarclusters of genes (the rus operon) that encode proteins likely to be involved in transfer of electronsfrom ferrous iron. There were some differences in the organization of the genes and one of them thatencodes a cytochrome c in At. ferrooxidans was absent from the “T. prosperus” cluster
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://www.tib-hannover.de/fulltexts/2011/0528/01/39/transtech_doi~10.4028%252Fwww.scientific.net%252FAMR.20-21.431.pdf
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