Isolation, phenotypic characterization, and phylogenetic position of a novel, facultatively autotrophic, moderately thermophilic bacterium, Thiobacillus thermosulfatus sp. nov.

Abstract excerpt

Thiobacillus thermosulfatus ATCC 51520T (T = type strain) was isolated from sewage sludge samples enriched with elemental sulfur. The cells of this organism were gram negative, rod shaped, motile, facultatively autotrophic, and strictly aerobic and contained polyphosphate inclusions and polyhedral bodies. During growth on thiosulfate, the following intermediates were produced: tetrathionate, trithionate, and...

Topics

• Bacteriological Techniques
• Base Sequence
• Cell Division
• Cytosine
• Genotype
• Guanine
• Microscopy, Electron
• Molecular Sequence Data
• Phenotype
• Phylogeny
• RNA, Ribosomal, 16S