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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 2000, p. 3650-3653, Vol. 66, No. 8
0099-2240/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Thiosulfate Disproportionation by Desulfotomaculum thermobenzoicum

Bradley E. Jacksondagger and Michael J. McInerney*

Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73109

Received 7 February 2000/Accepted 29 May 2000

Desulfotomaculum thermobenzoicum, but not Desulfotomaculum nigrificans, Desulfotomaculum ruminis, or Desulfosporosinus orientis, grew by disproportionation of thiosulfate, forming stoichiometric amounts of sulfate and sulfide; sulfite was not disproportionated. The addition of acetate enhanced growth and thiosulfate disproportionation by D. thermobenzoicum compared to those observed with thiosulfate alone.


* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, 770 Van Vleet Oval, Norman, OK 73109-0245. Phone: (405) 325-6050. Fax: (405) 325-7619. E-mail: mcinerney{at}ou.edu.

dagger Present address: Department of Civil Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208.


Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 2000, p. 3650-3653, Vol. 66, No. 8
0099-2240/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.



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