Sulfobacillus Thermosulfidooxidans
Classification
Bacteria; Firmicutes; Clostridia; Clostridiales; Clostridiales Family XVII. Incertae Sedis; Sulfobacillus
Species
Sulfobacillus Thermosulfidooxidans
Description and Significance
S. Thermosulfidooxidans was first isolated by in 1978 by Golovacheva and Karavaiko from a copper-zinc-pyrite deposit in Kazakhstan.[3] It is a strictly aerobic, Gram-positive, non-motile, spore-forming, bacillus. S. Thermosulfidooxidans is thermophilic and acidophilic with a temperature range of 20-60°C and pH range of 1.5 – 5.5, however optimum growth occurs at approximately 50-55°C with a pH of 1.9 – 2.4.(4)
Genome Structure
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Cell Structure, Metabolism and Life Cycle
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Ecology and Pathogenesis
References
1."Sulfobacillus Thermosulfidooxidans." NCBI. U.S. National Library of Medicine, n.d. Web. 23 Apr. 2014. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=28034>. 2." Representative." National Center for Biotechnology Information. U.S. National Library of Medicine, n.d. Web. 23 Apr. 2014. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/11441>. 3.Golovacheva, and Karavaiko. "Result Filters." National Center for Biotechnology Information. U.S. National Library of Medicine, n.d. Web. 23 Apr. 2014. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/101742>. 4. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. Ed. George M. Garrity, William B. Whitman, Paul De Vos, Dorothy Jones, Noel. R. Krieg, Wolfgang Ludwig, Fred A. Rainey, and Karl-Heinz Schleifer. 2nd ed. Vol. 3. New York: Springer, 2009. 1181-183. Print. The Firmicutes.