Thiobacillus

Japanese: Thiobacillus
Thiobacillus

…Bacteria that oxidize sulfur or inorganic sulfur compounds. Like nitrite bacteria, they are autotrophic bacteria that perform aerobic respiration using inorganic substances as substrates. Among bacteria that oxidize sulfur through chemical dark reactions, the representative is the colorless sulfur bacterium Thiobacillus . It is a gram-negative bacterium that moves by means of polar flagella. …

From Beggiatoa

…It is relatively large for a bacterium, and because it forms filaments and moves in a gliding manner, it is said to be closer in phylogeny to the blue-green algae Oscillatoria than to bacteria. It is closely related to the sulfur bacteria Achromatium , Thiobacillus , and Thiothrix , and is classified as the Beggiatoales. [Tsubaki Keisuke] …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Thiobacillus" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…硫黄あるいは無機硫黄化合物を酸化する細菌。亜硝酸菌などと同様,無機物を基質として好気呼吸をおこなう独立栄養細菌の仲間で,硫黄の酸化を化学的暗反応によりおこなう菌のうち,代表的なものは無色硫黄細菌のチオバチルスThiobacillusである。これはグラム陰性菌で極性鞭毛によって運動する。…

【ベギアトア】より

…細菌としては形が比較的大きく,糸状体となったり,また,すべるように運動するところから,細菌よりラン藻類のオシラトリアOscillatoriaに系統的に近いともいわれる。近縁のものに硫黄細菌であるアクロマティウムAchromatium,ティオバシルスThiobacillus,ティオスリクスThiothrixがあり,ベギアトア目Beggiatoalesとしてまとめられている。【椿 啓介】。…

※「Thiobacillus」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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