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. 1988 Jan;54(1):150-152.
doi: 10.1128/aem.54.1.150-152.1988.

Synthesis of an Iron-Oxidizing System during Growth of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans on Sulfur-Basal Salts Medium

Tsuyoshi Sugio  1 , Kimihito Wada, Manami Mori, Kenji Inagaki, Tatsuo Tano
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Synthesis of an Iron-Oxidizing System during Growth of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans on Sulfur-Basal Salts Medium

Tsuyoshi Sugio et al. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1988 Jan.

Abstract

It was found that the de novo synthesis of not only sulfur:ferric ion oxidoreductase (ferric ion-reducing system) but also iron oxidase was absolutely required when Thiobacillus ferrooxidans AP19-3 was grown on sulfur-salts medium. The results strongly suggest that iron oxidase is involved in sulfur oxidation. This bacterium could not grow on sulfur-salts medium under anaerobic conditions with Fe as a terminal electron acceptor, suggesting that energy conservation by electron transfer between elemental sulfur and Fe is not available for this bacterium.

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