Effect of various ions, pH, and osmotic pressure on oxidation of elemental sulfur by Thiobacillus thiooxidans

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 5163-5168

  Suzuki, Isamu ^a   Lee, Douglas ^a   Mackay, Byron ^a   Harahuc, Lesia ^a   Oh, Jae Key ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 DINITROPHENOL; ANION; CATION; CESIUM; CHLORIDE; COPPER; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FLUORIDE; LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM; NITRATE; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; RUBIDIUM; SODIUM; SODIUM SULFATE; SULFATE; SULFUR; VALINOMYCIN; ZINC;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ION PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXIDATION; PH;

THIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS;

EID: 0032705626     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.11.5163-5168.1999     Document Type: Article

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