Drobner E, Huber H, Stetter K O
Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie, Universität Regensburg, Federal Republic of Germany.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 1990 Sep;56(9):2922-3. doi: 10.1128/aem.56.9.2922-2923.1990.
The type strain (ATCC 23270) and two other strains of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans were able to grow by hydrogen oxidation, a feature not recognized before. When cultivated on H2, a hydrogenase was induced and the strains were less extremely acidophilic than during growth on sulfidic ores. Cells of T. ferrooxidans grown on H2 and on ferrous iron showed 100% DNA homology. Hydrogen oxidation was not observed in eight other species of the genus Thiobacillus and in Leptospirillum ferrooxidans.
氧化亚铁硫杆菌的模式菌株（ATCC 23270）和另外两株菌能够通过氢氧化作用生长，这是之前未被认识到的一个特性。当在H₂上培养时，会诱导产生一种氢化酶，并且这些菌株的嗜酸程度低于在硫化矿上生长时。在H₂和亚铁上生长的氧化亚铁硫杆菌细胞显示出100%的DNA同源性。在硫杆菌属的其他八个物种以及氧化亚铁钩端螺旋菌中未观察到氢氧化作用。
