Thermosulfurimonas dismutans gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely thermophilic sulfur-disproportionating bacterium from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent
Slobodkin, A. I. and Reysenbach, A.-L. and Slobodkina, G. B. and Baslerov, R. V. and Kostrikina, N. A. and Wagner, I. D. and Bonch-Osmolovskaya, E. A.,, 62, 2565-2571 (2012),
doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.034397-0,
publicationName = Microbiology Society,
issn = 1466-5026,
abstract= An extremely thermophilic, anaerobic, chemolithoautotrophic bacterium (strain S95T) was isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney located on the Eastern Lau Spreading Center, Pacific Ocean, at a depth of 1910 m. Cells of strain S95T were oval to short Gram-negative rods, 0.5–0.6 µm in diameter and 1.0–1.5 µm in length, growing singly or in pairs. Cells were motile with a single polar flagellum. The temperature range for growth was 50–92 °C, with an optimum at 74 °C. The pH range for growth was 5.5–8.0, with an optimum at pH 7.0. Growth of strain S95T was observed at NaCl concentrations ranging from 1.5 to 3.5 % (w/v). Strain S95T grew anaerobically with elemental sulfur as an energy source and bicarbonate/CO2 as a carbon source. Elemental sulfur was disproportionated to sulfide and sulfate. Growth was enhanced in the presence of poorly crystalline iron(III) oxide (ferrihydrite) as a sulfide-scavenging agent. Strain S95T was also able to grow by disproportionation of thiosulfate and sulfite. Sulfate was not used as an electron acceptor. Analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence revealed that the isolate belongs to the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria . On the basis of its physiological properties and results of phylogenetic analyses, it is proposed that the isolate represents the sole species of a new genus, Thermosulfurimonas dismutans gen. nov., sp. nov.; S95T ( = DSM 24515T = VKM B-2683T) is the type strain of the type species. This is the first description of a thermophilic micro-organism that disproportionates elemental sulfur.,
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