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. 1976;16(6):425-35.
doi: 10.1002/jobm.3630160603.

Metal accumulation by bacteria with particular reference to dissimilatory sulphate-reducing bacteria

H E Jones, P A Trudinger, L A Chambers, N A Pyliotis

Metal accumulation by bacteria with particular reference to dissimilatory sulphate-reducing bacteria

H E Jones et al. Z Allg Mikrobiol. 1976.

Abstract

Dissimilatory sulphate-reducing bacteria, genera Desulfovibrio and Desulfotomaculum, exhibit a superior ability, over assimilatory organisms, to extract three amounts of metals from culture media. This property does not appear to be solely a function of the presence of H2S. In media containing elevated amounts of Fe, electron dense particles, provisionally identified as FeS, are deposited within the cells of dissimilatory bacteria.

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