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Microbial utilization of thiosulfate in the deep sea 1
Author(s) -
Tuttle Jon H.,
Jannasch Holger W.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1939-5590
pISSN - 0024-3590
DOI - 10.4319/lo.1976.21.5.0697
Subject(s) - thiosulfate , hydrostatic pressure , oxidizing agent , environmental chemistry , bacteria , deep water , heterotroph , chemistry , biology , oceanography , geology , sulfur , organic chemistry , paleontology , physics , thermodynamics
Natural microbial populations in deep and shallow North Atlantic water and previously isolated heterotrophic thiosulfate‐oxidizing bacteria have the potential to metabolize thiosulfate when incubated in situ at elevated hydrostatic pressure and low temperature.