Abstract
The type strain (ATCC 23270) and two other strains of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans were able to grow by hydrogen oxidation, a feature not recognized before. When cultivated on H2, a hydrogenase was induced and the strains were less extremely acidophilic than during growth on sulfidic ores. Cells of T. ferrooxidans grown on H2 and on ferrous iron showed 100% DNA homology. Hydrogen oxidation was not observed in eight other species of the genus Thiobacillus and in Leptospirillum ferrooxidans.
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Drobner, E., Huber, H., & Stetter, K. O. (1990). Thiobacillus ferrooxidans, a facultative hydrogen oxidizer. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 56(9), 2922–2923. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.56.9.2922-2923.1990
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