Aerobic and anaerobic oxidation of hydrogen by acidophilic bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 349, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-45

  Hedrich, Sabrina ^a,b   Johnson, D Barrie ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus; Acidophiles; Ferric iron reduction; Hydrogen; Sulfobacillus

Indexed keywords

FERROUS ION; HYDROGEN; SULFUR;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS CALDUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERRIDURANS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERRIVORANS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; ACIDOPHILIC BACTERIUM; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM COLONY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH RATE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; SULFOBACILLUS BENEFACIENS; SULFOBACILLUS THERMOSULFIDOOXIDANS;

ACIDIMICROBIUM FERROOXIDANS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDOPHILES; ACTINOBACTERIA; FIRMICUTES; HYDROGENOBACULUM ACIDOPHILUM; PROKARYOTA; SULFOBACILLUS; SULFOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDOPHILES; FERRIC IRON REDUCTION; HYDROGEN; SULFOBACILLUS;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 84887411795     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12290     Document Type: Letter

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