Thiobacillus cuprinus sp. nov., a Novel Facultatively Organotrophic Metal-Mobilizing Bacterium.

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-112435
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.11243

Huber, Harald ; Stetter, Karl Otto

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Abstract

Five strains of mesophilic, facultatively organotrophic, ore-leaching eubacteria were isolated from solfatara fields in Iceland and a uranium mine in the Federal Republic of Germany. The new organisms are aerobic gram-negative rods. They can use sulfidic ores or elemental sulfur as sole energy source, indicating that they belong to the genus Thiobacillus. Alternatively, they grow on organic ...