PROTEOBACTERIA >> Gamma >> Halothiobacillus >> Halothiobacillus kellyi
HALOTHIOBACILLUS KELLYI
| Class: | Gamma Proteobacteria |
| Genus: | Halothiobacillus |
| Species: | Halothiobacillus kellyi |
| Description: | Cells are Gram-negative, motile and rod-shaped (0.4-0.6 x 1.2-2.5μm). They are strictly aerobic and grow autotrophically on thiosulfate, tetrathionate, sulfur and sulfide, but not on thiocyanate. SulÆte is oxidized to sulfate if the concentration does not exceed 3 mM. The organism does not grow heterotrophically. When thiosulfate is used as the primary energy source a transient formation of sulfur occurs. During growth on reduced sulfur compounds, the pH decreases from neutrality to around 2.8. |
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| Source: | The type strain was isolated from a marine shallow-water hydrothermal vent system and is deposited at the Deutsche Samm- lung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen, Braunschweig, Germany |
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| Genbank: | AF170419.1 [Genome] [Nucleotide] |
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| Reference: | SIEVERT (S.M.), HEIDORN (T.) and KUEVER (J.): Halothiobacillus kellyi sp. nov., a mesophilic, obligately chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium isolated from a shallow-water hydrothermal vent in the Aegean Sea, and emended description of the genus Halothiobacillus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 1229-1237. |
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