Elemental sulfur as an intermediate of sulfide oxidation with oxygen by Desulfobulbus propionicus.
In: Archives of Microbiology, Jg. 164 (1995-08-01), Heft 2, S. 104-109
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The sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfobulbus propionicus oxidized sulfide, elemental sulfur, and sulfite to sulfate with oxygen as electron acceptor. Thiosulfate was reduced and disproportionated exclusively under anoxic conditions. When small pulses of oxygen were added to washed cells in sulfide-containing assays, up to 3 sulfide molecules per O disappeared transiently. After complete oxygen consumption, part of the sulfide reappeared. The intermediate formed was identified as elemental sulfur by chemical analysis and turbidity measurements. When excess sulfide was present, sulfur dissolved as polysulfide. This process was faster in the presence of cells than in their absence. The formation of sulfide after complete oxygen consumption was due to a disproportionation of elemental sulfur (or polysulfide) to sulfide and sulfate. The uncoupler tetrachlorosalicylanilide (TCS) and the electron transport inhibitor myxothiazol inhibited sulfide oxidation to sulfate and caused accumulation of sulfur. In the presence of the electron transport inhibitor 2- n-heptyl-4-hydroxyquinoline- N-oxide (HQNO), sulfite and thiosulfate were formed. During sulfur oxidation at low oxygen concentrations, intermediary formation of sulfide was observed, indicating disproportionation of sulfur also under these conditions. It is concluded that sulfide oxidation in D. propionicus proceeds via oxidation to elemental sulfur, followed by sulfur disproportionation to sulfide and sulfate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Elemental sulfur as an intermediate of sulfide oxidation with oxygen by Desulfobulbus propionicus.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Fuseler, Knut ; Cypionka, Heribert |
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Zeitschrift: | Archives of Microbiology, Jg. 164 (1995-08-01), Heft 2, S. 104-109 |
Veröffentlichung: | 1995 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0302-8933 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1007/BF02525315 |
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