Affiliation:
1. British Columbia Research Council, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Abstract
Lazaroff, Norman
(British Columbia Research Council, Vancouver, B.C., Canada). Sulfate requirement for iron oxidation by
Thiobacillus ferrooxidans
. J. Bacteriol.
85:
78–83. 1963.—The growth of
Thiobacillus ferrooxidans
is initially inhibited in media containing ferrous chloride in place of ferrous sulfate. This inhibition of growth is due to the requirement of a high relative proportion of sulfate ions to chloride (or other anions) for iron oxidation. Adaptation takes place, producing strains which are able to oxidize iron in media containing an initially unfavorable anionic composition. Adaptation is possibly due to the selection of spontaneous mutants capable of oxidizing iron in high chloride, low sulfate media. Such cells are found at a frequency of 10
−5
of the population of unadapted cultures.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Molecular Biology,Microbiology
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