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Detection, identification and typing of Acidithiobacillus species and strains: a review.
Research in microbiology - 1 Sept 2016
Nuñez Harold, Covarrubias Paulo C, Moya-Beltrán Ana, Issotta Francisco, Atavales Joaquín, Acuña Lillian G, Johnson D Barrie, Quatrini Raquel
Abstract excerpt
The genus Acidithiobacillus comprises several species of Gram-negative acidophilic bacteria that thrive in natural and man-made low pH environments in a variety of geo-climatic contexts. Beyond their fundamental interest as model extreme acidophiles, these bacteria are involved in the processing of minerals and the desulfurization of coal and natural gas, and are also sources of environmental pollution due to...
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