PYRITE OXIDATION BY SULFOLOBUS-ACIDOCALDARIUS

Authors
TOBITA M YOKOZEKI M NISHIKAWA N KAWAKAMI Y
Citation
M. Tobita et al., PYRITE OXIDATION BY SULFOLOBUS-ACIDOCALDARIUS, Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry, 58(4), 1994, pp. 771-772
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,Agriculture,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology","Food Science & Tenology
Journal title
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
09168451
Volume
58
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
771 - 772
Database
ISI
SICI code
0916-8451(1994)58:4<771:POBS>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Two strains of Sulfolobus acidocaldarius, a thermoacidophilic archaeba cterium, were examined for their pyrite-oxidizing ability. S. acidocal darius ATCC 33909 was shown to possess iron-oxidizing activity by ferr ous sulfate oxidizing experiments, but S. acidocaldarius No. 7 did not have it. Pyrite-oxidizing rate of S. acidocaldarius ATCC 33909 was 1. 6-fold higher than that of strain 7 though they had a similar level of sulfur-oxidizing ability. These results show that the iron-oxidizing activity accelerates pyrite oxidation.