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. 1996 Nov;62(11):4195–4198. doi: 10.1128/aem.62.11.4195-4198.1996

Tellurite Resistance and Reduction by Obligately Aerobic Photosynthetic Bacteria

V Yurkov, J Jappe, A Vermeglio
PMCID: PMC1388984  PMID: 16535446

Abstract

Seven species of obligately aerobic photosynthetic bacteria of the genera Erythromicrobium, Erythrobacter, and Roseococcus demonstrated high-level resistance to tellurite and accumulation of metallic tellurium crystals. High-level resistance without tellurite reduction was observed for Roseococcus thiosulfatophilus and Erythromicrobium ezovicum grown with certain organic carbon sources, implying that tellurite reduction is not essential to confer tellurite resistance.

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