Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans

Known as: Thiobacillus crenatus, Thiobacillus umbonatus, Thiobacillus thiooxidans 
A strictly autotrophic species of bacteria that oxidizes sulfur and thiosulfate to sulfuric acid. It was formerly called Thiobacillus thiooxidans.
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2014
2014
A new genome of Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans provides insights into adaptation to a bioleaching environment.
Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans is a sulfur oxidizing acidophilic bacterium found in many sulfur-rich environments. It is… (More)
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2014
2014
Whole-genome sequencing reveals novel insights into sulfur oxidation in the extremophile Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans
Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans (A. thiooxidans), a chemolithoautotrophic extremophile, is widely used in the industrial recovery… (More)
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2013
2013
The role of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans in arsenic bioleaching from soil.
Bioleaching of As from the soil in an abandoned Ag-Au mine was carried out using Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and… (More)
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2013
2013
A simple medium modification for isolation, growth and enumeration of Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans (syn. Thiobacillus thiooxidans) from water samples.
High concentrations of H(2)S in groundwater are commonly removed using Biological Trickling Filter (BTF) that contains high… (More)
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2011
2011
Draft genome sequence of the extremely acidophilic biomining bacterium Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans ATCC 19377 provides insights into the evolution of the Acidithiobacillus genus.
Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans is a mesophilic, extremely acidophilic, chemolithoautotrophic gammaproteobacterium that derives… (More)
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2005
2005
Simultaneous removal of H2S and NH3 in biofilter inoculated with Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans TAS.
H2S and NH3 gases are toxic, corrosive and malodorous air pollutants. Although there are numerous well-established… (More)
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2001
Highly Cited
2001
The photosynthetic apparatus of Prochlorococcus: Insights through comparative genomics
Within the vast oceanic gyres, a significant fraction of the total chlorophyll belongs to the light-harvesting antenna systems of… (More)
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1999
Highly Cited
1999
Characterization of an operon encoding two c-type cytochromes, an aa(3)-type cytochrome oxidase, and rusticyanin in Thiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC 33020.
Despite the importance of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans in bioremediation and bioleaching, little is known about the genes encoding… (More)
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1994
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1994
Phylogenetic positions of novel aerobic, bacteriochlorophyll a-containing bacteria and description of Roseococcus thiosulfatophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., Erythromicrobium ramosum gen. nov., sp. nov…
We analyzed the 16S ribosomal DNAs of three obligately aerobic, bacteriochlorophyll a-containing bacteria, "Roseococcus… (More)
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1986
1986
Chemolithotrophic metabolism of the newly-isolated moderately thermophilic, obligately autotrophic Thiobacillus tepidarius
Thiobacillus tepidarius, isolated from the hot springs at Bath, Avon, UK, grew optimally at 43–45°C and pH 6.0–7.5 on… (More)
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