Affiliation:
1. Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
Abstract
Specific immunofluorescence staining was applied to the study of the localization, distribution, and growth of
Thermoplasma acidophilum
in its natural habitat, the coal refuse pile. Different antigenic groups of
T. acidophilum
could be isolated from the same refuse pile, and the same antigenic groups were isolated from piles from different geographical areas. No correlation could be established between the antigenic groups and the pH or temperature of the habitats. Brightly fluorescing cells of
T. acidophilum
were detected on microscope slides buried in contact with the coal refuse material or immersed in the water in the stream draining a refuse pile.
T. acidophilum
grew when inoculated into either coal refuse material and/or an aqueous extract of coal refuse when incubated at its optimal temperature of 55 C, but not when incubated at room temperature or 37 C. The coal refuse pile appears to be a primary habitat for
T. acidophilum
.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics,General Immunology and Microbiology,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,General Medicine
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