Sulfurimonas denitrificans

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Thiomicrospira Denitrificans

Classification

Bacteria; Proteobacteria

Thiomicrospira, a group which originally included all marine, spiral-shaped sulfur oxidizing bacteria. Subsequent analyses of 16S rDNA sequences have revealed the polyphyletic nature of this group; members of Thiomicrospira are distributed among the gamma and epsilon subdivisions of the Proteobacteria. All Thiomicrospira species characterized to date are obligate chemolithoautotrophic bacteria that use sulfide, thiosulfate, and elemental sulfur as electron donors, and CO2 as their carbon source.

Description and Significance

Genome Structure

At present there is not an extensive body of research on the Thiomicrospira denitrificans genome structure.

Cell Structure and Metabolism

Ecology

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