Reduction of soluble iron and reductive dissolution of ferric iron-containing minerals by moderately thermophilic iron-oxidizing bacteria
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A study was conducted to characterize the dissimilatory reduction of ferric iron using isolates of various species of iron-oxidizing moderate thermophiles that supported both an organic and inorganic electron donors. The thermophiles were determined in liquid media characterized by glycerol, ferric sulfate, yeast extract and basalt salts. They were also inoculated onto a solid medium to examine whether iron reduction supported anaerobic bacterial growth. Results showed that the strains of the thermophilic acidophilic bacteria were able to reduce ferric iron.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 1998
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Multiple serotypes of the moderate thermophile Thiobacillus caldus, a limitation of immunological assays for biomining microorganisms
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The antiserum generated against the thermopile Thiobacillus caldus strain KU recognizes protein antigens common to cell lysates of the T. caldus strains KU, BC13 and C-SH12. Whereas, it is unable to recognize the whole cells of the isolate C-SH12. The lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of the C-SH12 strain differs from that of the other two strains because the anti-KU antiserum does not recognize the LPS from the C-SH12 strain. The results of the study indicate that the C-SH12 strain belongs to a serotype different from that of the other two strains.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 1996
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