Sulfur Oxidation in the Acidophilic Autotrophic Acidithiobacillus spp.

R Wang, JQ Lin, XM Liu, X Pang, CJ Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Sulfur oxidation is an essential component of the earth's sulfur cycle. Acidithiobacillus spp.
can oxidize various reduced inorganic sulfur compounds (RISCs) with high efficiency to …

Biochemistry and molecular biology of lithotrophic sulfur oxidation by taxonomically and ecologically diverse bacteria and archaea

W Ghosh, B Dam - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Lithotrophic sulfur oxidation is an ancient metabolic process. Ecologically and taxonomically
diverged prokaryotes have differential abilities to utilize different reduced sulfur compounds …

Roles, mechanism of action, and potential applications of sulfur-oxidizing bacteria for environmental bioremediation

PM Nguyen, PT Do, YB Pham, TO Doan… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Sulfur (S) is a crucial component in the environment and living organisms. This work is the
first attempt to provide an overview and critical discussion on the roles, mechanisms, and …

Prokaryotic sulfur oxidation

CG Friedrich, F Bardischewsky, D Rother… - Current opinion in …, 2005 - Elsevier
Recent biochemical and genomic data differentiate the sulfur oxidation pathway of Archaea
from those of Bacteria. From these data it is evident that members of the Alphaproteobacteria …

Extending the models for iron and sulfur oxidation in the extreme Acidophile Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

R Quatrini, C Appia-Ayme, Y Denis, E Jedlicki… - BMC genomics, 2009 - Springer
Background Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans gains energy from the oxidation of ferrous iron
and various reduced inorganic sulfur compounds at very acidic pH. Although an initial model …

Carbon, iron and sulfur metabolism in acidophilic micro-organisms

DB Johnson, KB Hallberg - Advances in microbial physiology, 2008 - Elsevier
Acidophilic micro-organisms are those (mostly prokaryotes) that grow optimally at pH< 3
(extreme acidophiles) or at pH 3–5 (moderate acidophiles). Although once considered to …

Enzyme technology and biological remediation

CG Whiteley, DJ Lee - Enzyme and Microbial Technology, 2006 - Elsevier
The heterogeneous complexity of sludges and wastewaters has created gross uncertainty
and deviations in predictions of suitable models for their measurement. At the same time, it is …

Sulfur Metabolism in the Extreme Acidophile Acidithiobacillus Caldus

S Mangold, J Valdés, DS Holmes… - Frontiers in microbiology, 2011 - frontiersin.org
Given the challenges to life at low pH, an analysis of inorganic sulfur compound (ISC)
oxidation was initiated in the chemolithoautotrophic extremophile Acidithiobacillus caldus. A …

[图书][B] Biomining

DE Rawlings, DB Johnson - 2007 - Springer
Biomining is the generic term that describes the processing of metalcontaining ores and
concentrates using (micro-) biological technology. This is an area of biotechnology that has …

Coupling of the pathway of sulphur oxidation to dioxygen reduction: characterization of a novel membrane‐bound thiosulphate: quinone oxidoreductase

FH Müller, TM Bandeiras, T Urich… - Molecular …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Thiosulphate is one of the products of the initial step of the elemental sulphur oxidation
pathway in the thermoacidophilic archaeon Acidianus ambivalens. A novel thiosulphate …