Sulfur metabolism in the extreme acidophile Acidithiobacillus caldus

Given the challenges to life at low pH, an analysis of inorganic sulfur compound oxidation was initiated in the chemolithoautotrophic extremophile Acidithiobacillus caldus. A. caldus is able to metabolize elemental sulfur and a broad range of inorganic sulfur compounds. It has been implicated in the...

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Main Authors: Stefanie eMangold, Jorge eValdés, David eHolmes, Mark eDopson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2011.00017/full