scholarly journals GLUTATHIONE AND SULFUR OXIDATION BY THIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS

1959 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Suzuki ◽  
C. H. Werkman
Keyword(s):  
Sulfur Oxidation ◽  
Thiobacillus Thiooxidans

Effect of nutrients and elemental sulfur particle size on elemental sulfur oxidation and the growth of Thiobacillus thiooxidans

1997 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sholeh ◽  
Rod D. B. Lefroy ◽  
Graeme J. Blair
Keyword(s):  
Particle Size ◽  
Elemental Sulfur ◽  
Sulfur Oxidation ◽  
Thiobacillus Thiooxidans ◽  
Oxidation Rates ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Incubation Experiments ◽  
P Rate ◽  
Oxidation Model ◽  
S Oxidation

Elemental sulfur (S) has many attractions as a fertiliser but it must be oxidised to sulfate before it is plant available. Two laboratory incubation experiments with a high S sorbing basaltic soil (Haplohumult) from Walcha, New South Wales, are reported here. The first experiment was conducted to study the effect of ? P and other nutrients on the oxidation of elemental S and the growth of Thiobacillus thiooxidans. The second experiment studied the effect of phosphorus (P) rate, elemental S particle size, and elemental S form on the oxidation of elemental S at different times. There were significant differences between treatments in the percentage and amount of elemental S oxidised, with the lowest oxidation occurring during the 6-week incubation in the P treatment, which represented 1�8% of the applied S compared with 16�0% when all nutrients were supplied. There was a significant linear relationship between T. thiooxidans population at the end of the incubation period and the amount of elemental S oxidised. The oxidation of elemental S was higher when fine (50?150 �m) particle size elemental S was used, compared with coarse (150?250 �m) elemental S. There was no clear difference in oxidation rate between ground and recrystallised elemental S. The S oxidation rates recorded in these experiments were compared with those predicted by an S oxidation model and found to be in close agreement.

The Significance of Fat in Sulfur Oxidation by Thiobacillus Thiooxidans

1942 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. W. Umbreit ◽  
H. R. Vogel ◽  
K. G. Vogler
Keyword(s):  
Sulfur Oxidation ◽  
Thiobacillus Thiooxidans

Kinetics of sulfur and pyrite oxidation by Thiobacillus thiooxidans. Competitive inhibition by increasing concentrations of cells

1991 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 182-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hector M. Lizama ◽  
Isamu Suzuki
Keyword(s):  
Rate Constants ◽  
Elemental Sulfur ◽  
Competitive Inhibition ◽  
Pyrite Oxidation ◽  
Laboratory Strain ◽  
Sulfur Oxidation ◽  
Pulp Density ◽  
Strain Atcc ◽  
Thiobacillus Thiooxidans ◽  
Kinetics Of

The oxidation of elemental sulfur by two strains of Thiobacillus thiooxidans was studied by measuring the rate of O2 consumption at various concentrations of substrate and cells. In both the laboratory strain ATCC 8085 and the mine isolate SM-6, sulfur oxidation was competitively inhibited by T. thiooxidans cells; the Ki values were 0.65 and 0.05 mg wet cells∙mL−1, respectively. The rate constants were 500 and 143 μM O2∙min−1∙mg wet cells−1∙mL−1 and the Km values for sulfur concentration were 7.5 and 0.32% pulp density, respectively. Mine isolate SM-6 was used also to study pyrite (FeS2) oxidation by measuring the rate of O2 consumption. Oxidation of both washed and unwashed pyrite samples was competitively inhibited by increasing concentrations of cells; with each sample the Ki values was 0.05 mg wet cells∙mL−1. The rate constants for each sample were also the same (100 μM O2∙min−1∙mg wet cells−1∙mL−1), but the Km values were different (1.11% pulp density for washed pyrite and 2.81% pulp density for unwashed pyrite). Based on the rate of Fe solubilization from the washed pyrite sample, T. thiooxidans cells oxidized the sulfide released from pyrite dissolution beyond the oxidation state of elemental sulfur. Key words: Thiobacillus thiooxidans, sulfur, pyrite, oxidation, kinetics.

scholarly journals STUDIES ON THE METABOLISM OF AUTOTROPHIC BACTERIA

1942 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. G. Vogler ◽  
G. A. LePage ◽  
W. W. Umbreit
Keyword(s):  
Sulfuric Acid ◽  
Organic Acids ◽  
Bacterial Cell ◽  
Sulfur Oxidation ◽  
Energy Of Activation ◽  
Detectable Effect ◽  
Intact Cells ◽  
Thiobacillus Thiooxidans ◽  
Autotrophic Bacteria ◽  
Autotrophic Bacterium

The data of this paper indicate that: 1. The "energy of activation" (µ) of sulfur oxidation by the autotrophic bacterium, Thiobacillus thiooxidans, is similar to that of other respirations. 2. The pH of the menstruum does not influence the respiration on sulfur between the limits of pH 2 to 4.8 once contact between the bacterial cell and the sulfur particle has been established but it does influence the rate at which such contact occurs. 3. The pO2 has little effect upon the respiration of this organism. 4. Most organic materials have no detectable effect upon the respiration of Thiobacillus thiooxidans, but the organic acids of terminal respiration seem to stimulate the respiration in the absence of oxidizable sulfur and certain of them inhibit sulfur oxidation. 5. In so far as inhibitor studies on intact cells are trustworthy, sulfur oxidation goes through iron-containing systems similar to cytochrome. It is possible that the oxygen contained in the sulfuric acid formed during sulfur oxidation is derived from the oxygen of the water.

scholarly journals STUDIES ON THE METABOLISM OF AUTOTROPHIC BACTERIA

1942 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. G. Vogler
Keyword(s):  
Co2 Fixation ◽  
Physiological Condition ◽  
Sulfur Oxidation ◽  
Considerable Importance ◽  
Resting Cells ◽  
Oxidizing Agent ◽  
Anaerobic Conditions ◽  
Thiobacillus Thiooxidans ◽  
Autotrophic Bacteria ◽  
Growth Bound

In a study of chemosynthesis (the fixation of CO2 by autotrophic bacteria in the dark) in Thiobacillus thiooxidans, the data obtained support the following conclusions: 1. CO2 can be fixed by "resting cells" of Thiobacillus thiooxidans; the fixation is not "growth bound." 2. The physiological condition of the cell is of considerable importance in determining CO2 fixation. 3. CO2 fixation can occur in the absence of oxidizable sulfur in "young" cells. The extent of this fixation appears to be dependent upon the pCO2. 4. CO2 fixation can also occur under anaerobic conditions and the presence of sulfur does not influence such fixation. 5. However, in the CO2 fixation by cells in the absence of sulfur, only a limited amount of CO2 can be fixed. This amount is approximately 40 µl. CO2 per 100 micrograms bacterial nitrogen. After a culture has utilized this amount of CO2 it no longer has the ability to fix CO2 but releases it during its respiration. 6. Relatively short periods of sulfur oxidation can restore the ability of cells to fix CO2 under conditions where sulfur oxidation is prevented. 7. It is possible to oxidize sulfur in the absence of CO2 and to store the energy thus formed within the cell. It is then possible to use this energy at a later time for the fixation of CO2 in the entire absence of sulfur oxidation. 8. Cultures of Thiobacillus thiooxidans respiring on sulfur utilize CO2 in a reaction which proceeds to a zero concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere. 9. CO2 may act as an oxidizing agent for sulfur. 10. Hydrogen is not utilized by the organism. 11. It is possible to selectively inhibit sulfur oxidation and CO2 fixation.

Mechanism of oxidation of inorganic sulfur compounds by thiosulfate-grown Thiobacillus thiooxidans

2001 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 348-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosemarie Jefferey Y Masau ◽  
Jae Key Oh ◽  
Isamu Suzuki
Keyword(s):  
Sulfur Oxidation ◽  
Optimal Growth ◽  
Sulfur Compounds ◽  
Intact Cells ◽  
Thiobacillus Thiooxidans ◽  
Inorganic Sulfur ◽  
Sulfite Oxidation ◽  
Mechanism Of Oxidation ◽  
Hydroxy Quinoline ◽  
In Cells

Thiobacillus thiooxidans was grown at pH 5 on thiosulfate as an energy source, and the mechanism of oxidation of inorganic sulfur compounds was studied by the effect of inhibitors, stoichiometries of oxygen consumption and sulfur, sulfite, or tetrathionate accumulation, and cytochrome reduction by substrates. Both intact cells and cell-free extracts were used in the study. The results are consistent with the pathway with sulfur and sulfite as the key intermediates. Thiosulfate was oxidized after cleavage to sulfur and sulfite as intermediates at pH 5, the optimal growth pH on thiosulfate, but after initial condensation to tetrathionate at pH 2.3 where the organism failed to grow. N-Ethylmaleimide (NEM) inhibited sulfur oxidation directly and the oxidation of thiosulfate or tetrathionate indirectly. It did not inhibit the sulfite oxidation by cells, but inhibited any reduction of cell cytochromes by sulfur, thiosulfate, tetrathionate, and sulfite. NEM probably binds sulfhydryl groups, which are possibly essential in supplying electrons to initiate sulfur oxidation. 2-Heptyl-4-hydroxy-quinoline N-oxide (HQNO) inhibited the oxidation of sulfite directly and that of sulfur, thiosulfate, and tetrathionate indirectly. Uncouplers, carbonyl cyanide-m-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP) and 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP), inhibited sulfite oxidation by cells, but not the oxidation by extracts, while HQNO inhibited both. It is proposed that HQNO inhibits the oxidation of sulfite at the cytochrome b site both in cells and extracts, but uncouplers inhibit the oxidation in cells only by collapsing the energized state of cells, ΔµH+, required either for electron transfer from cytochrome c to b or for sulfite binding.Key words: Thiobacillus thiooxidans, thiosulfate, oxidation, sulfite.

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