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. 1992 Nov;58(11):3767–3769. doi: 10.1128/aem.58.11.3767-3769.1992

Oxidation of Elemental Sulfur to Sulfite by Thiobacillus thiooxidans Cells

Isamu Suzuki 1,*, C W Chan 1, T L Takeuchi 1
PMCID: PMC183172  PMID: 16348814

Abstract

Thiobacillus thiooxidans cells oxidized elemental sulfur to sulfite, with 1 mol of O2 consumption per mol of sulfur oxidized to sulfite, when the oxidation of sulfite was inhibited with 2-n-heptyl-4-hydroxyquinoline N-oxide.

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