Growth of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC 23270 in thiosulfate under oxygen-limiting conditions generates extracellular sulfur globules by means of a secreted tetrathionate hydrolase

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue APR, 2011, Pages

  Beard, Simón ^a,c   Paradela, Alberto ^b   Albar, Juan P ^b   Jerez, Carlos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c Mineral Resource Evaluation   (Chile)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; Extracellular tetrathionate hydrolase; Sulfur globules; Thiosulfate oxidation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866144287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00079     Document Type: Article

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