Kinetic constant variability in bacterial oxidation of elemental sulfur

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3752-3754

  Pokorna, Blanka ^a   Mandl, Martin ^a   Borilova, Sarka ^a   Ceskova, Pavia ^a   Markova, Romana ^a   Janiczek, Oldrich ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELLS; OXIDATION; RATE CONSTANTS;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BATCH CULTURES;

SULFUR;

SULFUR;

BACTERIUM; CORRELATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; SULFUR;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOREACTOR; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; BIOREACTORS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFUR;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34249909547     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02549-06     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Baker, B. J., and J. F. Banfield. 2003. Microbial communities in acid mine drainage. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 44:139-152.
2. Brasseur, G., G. Levican, V. Bonnefoy, D. Holmes, E. Jedlicki, and D. Lemesle-Meunier. 2004. Apparent redundancy of electron transfer pathways via bc(1) complexes and terminal oxidases in the extremophilic chemolithoautotrophic Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1656:114-126.
3. Ceskova, P., M. Mandl, S. Helanova, and J. Kasparovska. 2002. Kinetic studies on elemental sulfur oxidation by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans: sulfur limitation and activity of free and adsorbed bacteria. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 78:24-30.
4. Chen, M. C., Y. K. Zhang, B. H. Zhong, L. Y. Qiu, and B. Liang. 2002. Growth kinetics of thiobacilli strain HSS and its application in bioleaching phosphate ore. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 41:1329-1334.
5. Friedrich, C. G., D. Rother, F. Bardischewsky, A. Quentmeier, and J. Fischer. 2001. Oxidation of reduced inorganic sulfur compounds by bacteria: emergence of a common mechanism? Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67:2873-2882.
6. Gourdon, R., and N. Funtowicz. 1998. Kinetic model of elemental sulfur oxidation by Thiobacillus thiooxidans in batch slurry reactors. Bioprocess Eng. 18:241-249.
7. Hallberg, K. B., M. Dopson, and E. B. Lindstrom. 1996. Arsenic toxicity is not due to a direct effect on the oxidation of reduced inorganic sulfur compounds by Thiobacillus caldus. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 145:409-414.
8. Hallberg, K. B., and D. B. Johnson. 2001. Biodiversity of acidophilic prokaryotes. Adv. Appl. Microbiol. 49:37-84.
9. Janiczek, O., M. Mandl, and P. Ceskova. 1998. Metabolic activity of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans on reduced sulfur compounds detected by capillary isotachophoresis. J. Biotechnol. 61:225-229.
10. Johnson, D. B., and K. B. Hallberg. 2003. The microbiology of acidic mine waters. Res. Microbiol. 154:466-473.
11. Johnson, D. B., and K. B. Hallberg. 2005. Acid mine drainage remediation options: a review. Sci. Total Environ. 338:3-14.
12. Konishi, Y., S. Asai, and N. Yoshida. 1995. Growth kinetics of Thiobacillus thiooxidans on the surface of elemental sulfur. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 61:3617-3622.
13. Konishi, Y., Y. Takasaka, and A. Satoru. 1994. Kinetics of growth and elemental sulfur oxidation in batch culture of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 44:667-673.
14. Lorbach, S. C., J. M. Shively, and V. Buonfiglio. 1992. Kinetics of sulfur oxidation by Thiobacillus ferrooxidans. Geomicrobiol. J. 10:219-226.
15. Rawlings, D. E. 2004. Microbially assisted dissolution of minerals and its use in the mining industry. Pure Appl. Chem. 76:847-859.
16. Suzuki, I., D. Lee, B. Mackay, L. Harahuc, and J. K. Oh. 1999. Effect of various ions, pH, and osmotic pressure on oxidation of elemental sulfur by Thiobacillus thiooxidans. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 65:5163-5168.