Production of glycolic acid by chemolithotrophic Iron and Sulfur-Oxidizing bacteria and its role in delineating and sustaining acidophilic sulfide mineral-Oxidizing consortia

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 461-467

  Ñancucheo, Ivan ^a,b   Johnson, D Barrie ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ARTURO PRAT   (Chile)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ARCHAEON; BIOPROCESSES; CELL-FREE; CHEMOLITHOTROPHS; CONCENTRATION OF; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEGRADING BACTERIA; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FERROOXIDANS; FERROPLASMA ACIDIPHILUM; FIRMICUTES; GLYCOLIC ACIDS; PH CONTROL; SENSITIVE SPECIES; STIRRED TANK; SULFOBACILLUS; SULFUR OXIDIZING BACTERIA; TOLERANT SPECIES;

BACTERIOLOGY; DISSOLUTION; ORGANIC CARBON; SILICATE MINERALS; SULFUR;

CELL CULTURE;

GLYCOLIC ACID; GLYCOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; IRON; SULFIDE; SULFUR;

ACIDIFICATION; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; METABOLISM; ORGANIC ACID;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; GLYCOLATES; IRON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SULFIDES; SULFUR;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDOBACTERIUM; ACIDOCELLA; ACIDOPHILES; ARCHAEA; FERROPLASMA; FERROPLASMA ACIDIPHILUM; FIRMICUTES; SULFOBACILLUS;

EID: 75249090034     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01832-09     Document Type: Article

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