Polysulfides as intermediates in the oxidation of sulfide to sulfate by Beggiatoa spp.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 629-636

  Berg, Jasmine S ^a   Schwedt, Anne ^a   Kreutzmann, Anne Christin ^a   Kuypers, Marcel M M ^a   Milucka, Jana ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; INTRACELLULAR CONCENTRATION; MICROBIAL OXIDATION; OXIDATION AND REDUCTION; OXIDATION OF SULFIDES; PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION; SPECIATION OF SULFUR; SULFIDE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA;

ENZYMES; OXIDATION; POLYSULFIDES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; SULFUR;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BACTERIUM; OXIDATION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SULFATE; SULFIDE;

CYCLOOCTASULFUR; FRESH WATER; POLYSULFIDE; SULFATE; SULFIDE; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BEGGIATOA; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY;

BEGGIATOA; FRESH WATER; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SULFATES; SULFIDES; SULFUR;

EID: 84892467049     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02852-13     Document Type: Article

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