Nomenclature Abstract for Thiobacillus acidophilus (ex Guay and Silver 1975) Harrison 1983.

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Thomas Parker ◽  
Sarah Wigley ◽  
George M Garrity ◽  
Dorothea Taylor
1993 ◽  
Vol 139 (9) ◽  
pp. 2033-2039 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Meulenberg ◽  
J. T. Pronk ◽  
W. Hazeu ◽  
J. P. van Dijken ◽  
J. Frank ◽  
...  

1990 ◽  
Vol 154 (6) ◽  
pp. 576-583 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. T. Pronk ◽  
P. de Bruijn ◽  
J. P. van Dijken ◽  
P. Bos ◽  
J. G. Kuenen

1999 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 585-590 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Bacelar-Nicolau ◽  
D. Barrie Johnson

ABSTRACT Seven strains of heterotrophic iron-oxidizing acidophilic bacteria were examined to determine their abilities to promote oxidative dissolution of pyrite (FeS2) when they were grown in pure cultures and in mixed cultures with sulfur-oxidizingThiobacillus spp. Only one of the isolates (strain T-24) oxidized pyrite when it was grown in pyrite-basal salts medium. However, when pyrite-containing cultures were supplemented with 0.02% (wt/vol) yeast extract, most of the isolates oxidized pyrite, and one (strain T-24) promoted rates of mineral dissolution similar to the rates observed with the iron-oxidizing autotroph Thiobacillus ferrooxidans. Pyrite oxidation by another isolate (strain T-21) occurred in cultures containing between 0.005 and 0.05% (wt/vol) yeast extract but was completely inhibited in cultures containing 0.5% yeast extract. Ferrous iron was also needed for mineral dissolution by the iron-oxidizing heterotrophs, indicating that these organisms oxidize pyrite via the “indirect” mechanism. Mixed cultures of three isolates (strains T-21, T-23, and T-24) and the sulfur-oxidizing autotroph Thiobacillus thiooxidans promoted pyrite dissolution; since neither strains T-21 and T-23 nor T. thiooxidans could oxidize this mineral in yeast extract-free media, this was a novel example of bacterial synergism. Mixed cultures of strains T-21 and T-23 and the sulfur-oxidizing mixotrophThiobacillus acidophilus also oxidized pyrite but to a lesser extent than did mixed cultures containing T. thiooxidans. Pyrite leaching by strain T-23 grown in an organic compound-rich medium and incubated either shaken or unshaken was also assessed. The potential environmental significance of iron-oxidizing heterotrophs in accelerating pyrite oxidation is discussed.


1992 ◽  
Vol 209 (1) ◽  
pp. 367-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rogier MEULENBERG ◽  
Jack T. PRONK ◽  
Johannes FRANK ◽  
Wim HAZEU ◽  
Piet BOS ◽  
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1997 ◽  
Vol 243 (3) ◽  
pp. 678-683 ◽  
Author(s):  
Govardus A. H. Jong ◽  
Wim Hazeu ◽  
Piet Bos ◽  
J Gijs Kuenen

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