Desulfonatronum thioautotrophicum explained

Desulfonatronum thioautotrophicum is a species of haloalkaliphilic sulfate-reducing bacteria. It is able to grow lithotrophically by dismutation of thiosulfate and sulfite.^[1]

Further reading

• Book: Joseph Seckbach. Aharon Oren. Helga Stan-Lotter. Polyextremophiles: Life Under Multiple Forms of Stress. 13 May 2013. Springer Science & Business Media. 978-94-007-6488-0. 226–.
• Sorokin. Dimitry Y.. Zacharova. Elena E.. Pimenov. Nikolai V.. Tourova. Tatjana P.. Panteleeva. Anjela N.. Muyzer. Gerard. Sulfidogenesis in hypersaline chloride-sulfate lakes of Kulunda Steppe (Altai, Russia). FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 79. 2. 2012. 445–453. 0168-6496. 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01228.x. 22092787. free.

External links

• LPSN
  • Genbank entry for its dissimilatory sulfite reductase alpha subunit (dsrA) and dissimilatory sulfite reductase beta subunit (dsrB) genes
• Type strain of Desulfonatronum thioautotrophicum at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Sorokin. D. Y.. Tourova. T. P.. Kolganova. T. V.. Detkova. E. N.. Galinski. E. A.. Muyzer. G.. Culturable diversity of lithotrophic haloalkaliphilic sulfate-reducing bacteria in soda lakes and the description of Desulfonatronum thioautotrophicum sp. nov., Desulfonatronum thiosulfatophilum sp. nov., Desulfonatronovibrio thiodismutans sp. nov., and Desulfonatronovibrio magnus sp. nov.. Extremophiles. 15. 3. 2011. 391–401. 1431-0651. 10.1007/s00792-011-0370-7. 21479878. 3084936. free.