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Cold Sulfur Springs—Neglected Niche for Autotrophic Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacteria

Since the beginning of unicellular life, dissimilation reactions of autotrophic sulfur bacteria have been a crucial part of the biogeochemical sulfur cycle on Earth. A wide range of sulfur oxidation states is reflected in the diversity of metabolic pathways used by sulfur-oxidizing bacteria. This me...

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Autores principales: Nosalova, Lea, Piknova, Maria, Kolesarova, Mariana, Pristas, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10301885/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37374938
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11061436
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author Nosalova, Lea
Piknova, Maria
Kolesarova, Mariana
Pristas, Peter
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description Since the beginning of unicellular life, dissimilation reactions of autotrophic sulfur bacteria have been a crucial part of the biogeochemical sulfur cycle on Earth. A wide range of sulfur oxidation states is reflected in the diversity of metabolic pathways used by sulfur-oxidizing bacteria. This metabolically and phylogenetically diverse group of microorganisms inhabits a variety of environments, including extreme environments. Although they have been of interest to microbiologists for more than 150 years, meso- and psychrophilic chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing microbiota are less studied compared to the microbiota of hot springs. Several recent studies suggested that cold sulfur waters harbor unique, yet not described, bacterial taxa.
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spelling pubmed-103018852023-06-29 Cold Sulfur Springs—Neglected Niche for Autotrophic Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacteria Nosalova, Lea Piknova, Maria Kolesarova, Mariana Pristas, Peter Microorganisms Review Since the beginning of unicellular life, dissimilation reactions of autotrophic sulfur bacteria have been a crucial part of the biogeochemical sulfur cycle on Earth. A wide range of sulfur oxidation states is reflected in the diversity of metabolic pathways used by sulfur-oxidizing bacteria. This metabolically and phylogenetically diverse group of microorganisms inhabits a variety of environments, including extreme environments. Although they have been of interest to microbiologists for more than 150 years, meso- and psychrophilic chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing microbiota are less studied compared to the microbiota of hot springs. Several recent studies suggested that cold sulfur waters harbor unique, yet not described, bacterial taxa. MDPI 2023-05-29 /pmc/articles/PMC10301885/ /pubmed/37374938 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11061436 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Cold Sulfur Springs—Neglected Niche for Autotrophic Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacteria
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title_full Cold Sulfur Springs—Neglected Niche for Autotrophic Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacteria
title_fullStr Cold Sulfur Springs—Neglected Niche for Autotrophic Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacteria
title_full_unstemmed Cold Sulfur Springs—Neglected Niche for Autotrophic Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacteria
title_short Cold Sulfur Springs—Neglected Niche for Autotrophic Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacteria
title_sort cold sulfur springs—neglected niche for autotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10301885/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37374938
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11061436
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