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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1990 September; 56(9): 2922-2923

Thiobacillus ferrooxidans, a facultative hydrogen oxidizer.

Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie, Universität Regensburg, Federal Republic of Germany.

ABSTRACT

The type strain (ATCC 23270) and two other strains of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans were able to grow by hydrogen oxidation, a feature not recognized before. When cultivated on H2, a hydrogenase was induced and the strains were less extremely acidophilic than during growth on sulfidic ores. Cells of T. ferrooxidans grown on H2 and on ferrous iron showed 100% DNA homology. Hydrogen oxidation was not observed in eight other species of the genus Thiobacillus and in Leptospirillum ferrooxidans.

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