Oxidative metabolism of inorganic sulfur compounds by bacteria

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 95-107

  Kelly, Donovan P ^a   Shergill, Jasvinder K ^b   Lu, Wei Ping ^c   Wood, Ann P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Sulfur bacteria; Sulfur oxidation pathways; Thiobacilli; Thiosulfate

Indexed keywords

CHROMIC ACID; MOLYBDIC ACID; SELENATE; SULFATE; SULFIDE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; TETRATHIONIC ACID; THIOSULFATE; TUNGSTEN; VANADIC ACID;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOLUTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFUR BACTERIUM; THIOBACILLUS; XANTHOBACTER;

GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE CHEMOLITHOTROPHIC BACTERIA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PARACOCCUS; SULFATES; SULFUR; THIOBACILLUS; THIOSULFATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PARACOCCUS VERSUTUS; STARKEYA NOVELLA; THERMITHIOBACILLUS TEPIDARIUS; THIOBACILLUS AQUAESULIS; XANTHOBACTER;

EID: 0031032795     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000135707181     Document Type: Conference Paper

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