Thiobacillus
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Thiobacillus thioparus | |
Thiobacillus is a genus of
Halothiobacillus neapolitanus[3]), most names were never validly or effectively published. The remainder were either reclassified into Paracoccus, Starkeya (both in the Alphaproteobacteria); Sulfuriferula, Annwoodia, Thiomonas (in the Betaproteobacteria); Halothiobacillus, Guyparkeria (in the Gammaproteobacteria), or Thermithiobacillus or Acidithiobacillus (in the Acidithiobacillia). The very loosely defined "species" Thiobacillus trautweinii was where sulfur oxidising heterotrophs and chemolithoheterotrophs were assigned in the 1910-1960s era, most of which were probably Pseudomonas species.[4] Many species named in this genus were never deposited in service collections and have been lost.[4][3]
All species are obligate autotrophsdimethyldisulfide, or carbon disulfide to support autotrophic growth - they oxidise the carbon from these species into carbon dioxide and assimilate it. Sulfur oxidation is achieved via the Kelly-Trudinger pathway.
Reclassifications
As a result of 16S ribosomal RNA sequence analysis, many members of Thiobacillus have been reassigned.[5][4][6]
- Thiobacillus versutus to Paracoccus
- Thiobacillus acidophilus to Acidiphilium
- Thiobacilus cuprinus to Thiomonas
- Thiobacillus caldus, and Thiobacillus albertensis to Acidithiobacillus
- Thiobacillus aquaesulis to Annwoodia aquaesulis.[4]
- Thiobacillus neapolitanus to Halothiobacillus
- Thiobacillus thyasiris to Thiomicrospira thyasirae[7]
- Thiobacillus hydrothermalis and Thiobacillus halophilus firstly to Halothiobacillus and later to Guyparkeria[6]
- Thiobacillus tepidarius to Thermithiobacillus[5]
References
- ^ a b Beijerinck MW (1904). "Phénomènes de réduction produits par les microbes". Arch Neel Sci Exact Nat (Section 2). 9: 131–157.
- ^ a b Beijerinck MW (1904). "Ueber die Bakterien, welche sich im Dunkeln mit Kohlensäure als Kohlenstoffquelle ernähren können". Centralbl Bakteriol Parasitenkd Infektionskr Hyg Abt II. 11: 592–599.
- ^ PMID 28333223.
- ^ PMID 28581923.
- ^ PMID 10758854.
- ^ PMID 28884673.
- S2CID 23406498.
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