Desulfonatronum thiosulfatophilum is a species of haloalkaliphilic sulfate-reducing bacteria. It is able to grow lithotrophically by dismutation of thiosulfate and sulfite.[1]
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| Desulfonatronum thiosulfatophilum Sorokin et al. 2011
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References
edit- ^ Sorokin, D. Y.; Tourova, T. P.; Kolganova, T. V.; Detkova, E. N.; Galinski, E. A.; Muyzer, G. (2011). "Culturable diversity of lithotrophic haloalkaliphilic sulfate-reducing bacteria in soda lakes and the description of Desulfonatronum thioautotrophicum sp. nov., Desulfonatronum thiosulfatophilum sp. nov., Desulfonatronovibrio thiodismutans sp. nov., and Desulfonatronovibrio magnus sp. nov". Extremophiles. 15 (3): 391–401. doi:10.1007/s00792-011-0370-7. ISSN 1431-0651. PMC 3084936. PMID 21479878.
Further reading
edit- Joseph Seckbach; Aharon Oren; Helga Stan-Lotter (13 May 2013). Polyextremophiles: Life Under Multiple Forms of Stress. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 226–. ISBN 978-94-007-6488-0.
External links
edit- LPSN
- "Desulfonatronum thiosulfatophilum" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Type strain of Desulfonatronum thiosulfatophilum at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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