Kinetic constant variability in bacterial oxidation of elemental sulfur

• Authors: POKORNÁ Blanka; MANDL Martin; BOŘILOVÁ Šárka; ČEŠKOVÁ Pavla; MARKOVÁ Romana; JANICZEK Oldřich
• Year of publication: 2007
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Field: Physiology
• Keywords: Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; growth end enzyme kinetics; sulfur-oxidizing bacteria
• Description: Wide ranges of growth yield on sulfur and maximum sulfur oxidation rate of an Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans strain were observed in 73 batch cultures. No significant correlation between the constants was observed. Changes of the Michaelis constant for sulfur in resting cells were also noted.

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