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Metal accumulation by bacteria with particular reference to dissimilatory sulphate‐reducing bacteria
Author(s) -
Jones H. E.,
Trudinger P. A.,
Chambers L. A.,
Pyliotis N. A.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
zeitschrift für allgemeine mikrobiologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.58
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1521-4028
pISSN - 0044-2208
DOI - 10.1002/jobm.19760160603
Subject(s) - bacteria , sulfate reducing bacteria , desulfovibrio , metal , chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , environmental chemistry , genetics , organic chemistry
Dissimilatory sulphate‐reducing bacteria, genera Desulfovibrio and Desulfotomaculum , exhibit a superior ability, over assimilatory organisms, to extract trace amounts of metals from culture media. This property does not appear to be solely a function of the presence of H 2 S. In media containing elevated amounts of Fe, electron dense particles, provisionally identified as FeS, are deposited within the cells of dissimilatory bacteria.