• Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans (basonym Thiobacillus ferrooxidans) can be isolated from iron-sulfur minerals such as pyrite deposits, oxidising iron and sulfur as energy sources to support autotrophic growth and producing ferric iron and sulfuric acid. (wikipedia.org)
  • Reclassification of some species of Thiobacillus to the newly designated genera Acidithiobacillus gen. nov. (namesforlife.com)
  • Acidithiobacillus ferrivorans is an acidophilic bacterium that represents a substantial proportion of the microbial community in a low temperature mining waste stream. (diva-portal.org)
  • The first study of this thesis investigated the iron-oxidizer Acidithiobacillus ferrivorans that is highly relevant for boreal biomining. (diva-portal.org)
  • This process is hastened by the action of Acidithiobacillus bacteria which oxidize the pyrite to produce ferrous iron and sulfate. (solarordinances.eu)
  • Acidithiobacillus are chemolithoautotrophs that can occur as acidophilic, mesophilic, or mesothermophilic. (wikipedia.org)
  • 2005) assigned the genus Acidithiobacillus Kelly and Wood 2000 to this order. (dsmz.de)
  • strain CF27, new sequences were generated, and an update assembly and functional annotation were undertaken, followed by a comparative analysis with other Acidithiobacillus species whose genomes are publically available. (frontiersin.org)
  • CF27 have been identified that could be responsible for the phenotypic differences of this strain compared to other Acidithiobacillus species. (frontiersin.org)
  • Volatilization of mercury under acidic conditions from soil polluted with mercuric chloride (1.5 mg Hg/kg soil) was studied with resting cells of a mercury-resistant strain, Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans SUG 2-2. (elsevierpure.com)
  • Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans has emerged as an economically significant bacterium in the field of biohydrometallurgy, in the leaching of sulfide ores since its discovery in 1950 by Colmer, Temple and Hinkle. (wikipedia.org)
  • Some species of Acidithiobacillus are utilized in bioleaching and biomining. (wikipedia.org)
  • The heterotroph Acidiphilium cryptum was grown in the presence of 13 C-labeled galactose, together with the iron- and sulfur-oxidizing autotroph Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans . (jiomics.com)
  • Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans derives the energy for their metabolism from ferrous iron oxidation process which can be affected by the presence of heavy metals in the medium. (sharif.edu)
  • In this study the ability of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, on the biorecovery of heavy metals in shake flask has been investigated The adaptation of the Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans to a kind of heavy metal such as Nickel, Cobalt, Vanadium, Molybdenum, Tungsten and the mixture of the. (sharif.edu)
  • Biotechnological research of the dynamics of the cultivation of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans in different environments in view of their use in medicine and biotechnology. (bas.bg)
  • The chemical and physical characteristics of realgar (an arsenic sulfide mineral that occurs in several crystalline forms) in the presence of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans BY-3 were investigated in this work. (iec.cat)
  • Bioelectrochemical Changes During the Early Stages of Chalcopyrite Interaction with Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans and Leptospirillum sp. (preprints.org)
  • Among the tailings bacteria, Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans are of the most-studied ones for the bioleaching and bioremediation of elements. (ac.ir)
  • The gene encoding a putative high-potential iron-sulfur protein (HiPIP) from the strictly acidophilic and chemolithoautotrophic Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC 33020 has been cloned and sequenced. (microbiologyresearch.org)
  • Joint Center for Structural Genomics (JCSG), Crystal structure of NifX-associated protein of unknown function (YP_002425942.1) from Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC 23270 at 2.00 A resolution. (expasy.org)
  • Acidithiobacillus caldus can also grow mixotrophically. (wikipedia.org)
  • Persulfide Dioxygenase From Acidithiobacillus caldus: Variable Roles of Cysteine Residues and Hydrogen Bond Networks of the Active Site. (tu-darmstadt.de)
  • and Acidithiobacillus caldus may metabolize elemental sulfur as an intermediate species in the oxidation of pyritic sulfide to sulfate. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans is commonly found in acid mine drainage and mine tailings. (wikipedia.org)
  • Optimization was done using model organisms Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, Sulfolobus metallicus and a mesophilic enrichment culture. (tuni.fi)
  • Bioinformatic prediction and experimental verification of Fur-regulated genes in the extreme acidophile Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. (cienciavida.org)
  • 14. Biological extraction of realgar by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and its in vitro and in vivo antitumor activities. (nih.gov)
  • To determine the tRNA preferences of GluRS, we chose the duplicated enzyme sets from Helicobacter pylori and Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Aerobes including Acidithiobacillus and Azoarcus, Acidithiobacillus, Thiothrix, Thiovirga and Sulfurimonas were found in the upper oxidised layer. (ru.ac.za)