Abstract
A strain of Beggiatoa cf. leptomitiformis (OH-75-B, clone 2a) was isolated which is unique among reported strains in its ability to deposit internal sulfur granules from thiosulfate. It also deposited these characteristic granules (as all BEggiatoa species do) from sulfide. In cultures where growth was limited by exhaustion of organic substrates, these granules generally comprised about 20% of the total cell weight. With medium containing acetate and thiosulfate, no measurable utilization of thiosulfate or deposition of elemental sulfur (S0) took place until after the exponential growth phase. Neither sulfide nor thiosulfate added an increment to heterotrophic growth yield except for the weight of the deposited S0. The deposition of S0 from thiosulfate was probably a disproportionation in which S0 and sulfate were produced in a 1:1 ratio. Some of the S0 was further oxidized to sulfate. No autotrophic or mixotrophic growth was demonstrated for this strain. When inoculated in small, well-dispersed quantities into yeast extract medium, this strain grew only after long lags. Addition of the enzyme catalase eliminated initial lags and increased growth rates slightly. In contrast, catalase had no influence on growth rate when added to mineral medium containing acetate. In yeast extract medium, the inhibition of growth rate was presumably because of peroxides. Addition of thiosulfate was almost as effective as catalase in eliminating this inhibition. The S0 granules which, in this case, were deposited during the exponential growth phase, appeared to be partly responsible for this relief. This strain of Beggiatoa sp. remained active for at least 5 days under strictly anaerobic conditions, and under those conditions, it increased its dry weight by about 2.5-fold. Anaerobic "growth" and maintenance required the presence of an energy source, such as acetate. When cells containing much internal S0 were transferred to an organic anaerobic medium, a substantial portion of the internal S0 was eventually converted to sulfide.
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