Involvement of intermediate sulfur species in biological reduction of elemental sulfur under acidic, hydrothermal conditions

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2061-2068

  Boyd, Eric S ^a   Druschel, Gregory K ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC REACTIONS; ACIDIC CONDITIONS; ACIDIC MEDIUMS; BATCH CULTURE; BATCH GROWTH; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOLOGICAL REDUCTIONS; CELL DENSITY; DIALYSIS TUBING; DIFFERENT PORE SIZES; ELEMENTAL SULFUR; HYDROTHERMAL CONDITIONS; NANO PARTICULATES; PRODUCTION OF; PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN; SOLID-PHASE; SULFIDE CONCENTRATION; TERMINAL ELECTRON ACCEPTORS;

BATCH CELL CULTURE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; HYDROLYSIS; SULFUR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

POLYSULFIDES;

HYDROGEN SULFIDE; NANOPARTICLE; POLYSULFIDE; SULFIDE; SULFUR;

BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; GROWTH RATE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRENARCHAEOTA; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HEAT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH;

CRENARCHAEOTA; CULTURE MEDIA; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SULFIDES; SULFUR; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84874813318     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03160-12     Document Type: Article

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