A new extremely thermophilic, sulfur-reducing heterotrophic, marine bacterium

Shimshon Belkin, Holger W. Jannasch*

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Abstract

An extremely thermophilic (optimum growth at 88° C), anaerobic bacterium was isolated from a shallow submarine thermal spring. It appears to be an obligate heterotroph, capable of reducing sulfur to H2S. Oxygen sensitivity is apparent only at and above those temperatures where growth occurs, while the cultures retain their viability for long periods under air at 4° C. Insensitivity to chloramphenicol, vancomycin and streptomycin, and lack of muramic acid in its cell wall, indicate a possible affilitation of the new isolate to the thermoacidophilic archaebacteria. However, its neutrophilic and hetertrophic nature, as well as its DNA base composition (39.1 mol % guanine plus cytosine) set it apart from the known genera of this group.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)181-186
Number of pages6
JournalArchives of Microbiology
Volume141
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1985
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Archaebacteria
  • Extreme thermophily
  • Sulfur reduction

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