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Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans
Known as:
Thiobacillus crenatus
, Thiobacillus umbonatus
, Thiobacillus thiooxidans
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A strictly autotrophic species of bacteria that oxidizes sulfur and thiosulfate to sulfuric acid. It was formerly called Thiobacillus thiooxidans.
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Essential interactions between Thiobacillus ferrooxidans and heterotrophic microorganisms during a wastewater sludge bioleaching process.
D. Fournier
,
R. Lemieux
,
D. Couillard
Environmental Pollution
1998
Corpus ID: 38613058
1997
1997
Bacterial community in copper sulfide ores inoculated and leached with solution from a commercial-scale copper leaching plant
R. Espejo
,
J. Romero
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
1997
Corpus ID: 25407301
Most copper bioleaching plants operate with a high concentration of sulfate salts caused by the continuous addition of sulfuric…
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1996
1996
Purification and Some Properties of a Tetrathionate Decomposing Enzyme from Thiobacillus thiooxidans.
T. Tano
,
Hajime Kitaguchi
,
M. Harada
,
Toru Nagasawa
,
T. Sugio
Bioscience, biotechnology and biochemistry
1996
Corpus ID: 207222817
A tetrathionate-decomposing enzyme that catalyzes the decomposition of tetrathionate into thiosulfate and sulfate was purified to…
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Solubilization of Minerals by Bacteria: Electrophoretic Mobility of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans in the Presence of Iron, Pyrite, and Sulfur
R. Blake
,
E. Shute
,
G. T. Howard
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
1994
Corpus ID: 24721923
Thiobacillus ferroxidans is an obligate acidophile that respires aerobically on pyrite, elemental sulfur, or soluble ferrous ions…
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Plasmid and transposon transfer to Thiobacillus ferrooxidans
J. Peng
,
W. Yan
,
X. Bao
Journal of Bacteriology
1994
Corpus ID: 28313945
The broad-host-range IncP plasmids RP4, R68.45, RP1::Tn501, and pUB307 were transferred to acidophilic, obligately…
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Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Transfer of IncP Plasmids to Extremely Acidophilic Thiobacillus thiooxidans
S. Jin
,
W. Yan
,
Z. N. Wang
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
1992
Corpus ID: 24613134
The broad-host-range IncP plasmids RP4, R68.45, RP1::Tn501, and and pUB307 were transferred directly to extremely acidophilic…
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Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Phenotypic switching of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans
Janet A. Schrader
,
David S. Holmes
Journal of Bacteriology
1988
Corpus ID: 23475038
Two solid medium formulations, designated 100:10 and 10:10, were developed for the growth of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans. The new…
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Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
The adsorption of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans on coal surfaces
R. Bagdigian
,
A. Myerson
Biotechnology and Bioengineering
1986
Corpus ID: 20201956
The adsorption of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans to coal surfaces has been studied. Adsorption experiments were conducted on coal…
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Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Growth models of the continuous bacterial leaching of iron pyrite by Thiobacillus ferrooxidans
Y. Chang
,
A. Myerson
Biotechnology and Bioengineering
1982
Corpus ID: 19253894
The leaching of iron pyrite by Thiobacillus ferrooxidans was studied in a continuous stirred tank reactor at a variety of…
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Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Ferrous iron oxidation and uranium extraction by Thiobacillus ferrooxidans
R. Guay
,
M. Silver
,
A. E. Torma
Biotechnology and Bioengineering
1977
Corpus ID: 10858553
The microbiological oxidation of ferrous iron in batch and continuous systems has been investigated in relation to uranium…
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