Sulfur species investigation in extra- and intracellular sulfur globules of acidithiobacillus ferrooxidansand acidithiobacillus caldus

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 707-713

  He, Huan ^a,b   Xia, Jin Lan ^a   Jiang, Hong Chen ^c   Yan, Yi ^a   Liang, Chang Li ^a   Ma, Chen Yan ^d   Zheng, Lei ^d   Zhao, Yi Dong ^d   Qiu, Guan Zhou ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c China University of Geosciences   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus caldus; Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; Sulfur globules; Sulfur species; XANES

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFUR; THIOSULFATE; XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS CALDUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS;

EID: 77957955665     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490451003597655     Document Type: Article

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