UNSPECIFIED. (2005) Halothiobacillus neapolitanus strain OSWA isolated from "The old sulphur well" at Harrogate (Yorkshire, England). SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY, 28 (8). pp. 746-748. ISSN 0723-2020

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Abstract

The "Old Sulphur Well" has a subterranean input of water containing 5.5mM total sulfide, which would be inhibitory to the growth of most bacteria. The obligately chemolithoautotrophic Halothiobacillus neapolitanus is a sulfur bacterium known to tolerate and metabolize high sulfide concentrations, and we report the isolation of H. neapolitanus strain OSWA from this source. Strain OSWA grows well on thiosulfate and tetrathionate as energy sources, and tolerates at least 5mM sulfide. Its specific growth rates and yields in batch culture were 0.22h(-1) and 5.3gmol(-1) (thiosulfate), and 0.23h(-1) and 9.5gmol(-1) (tetrathionate). Its 16S rRNA gene sequence shows > 99% identity to reference sequences of H. neapolitanus, and it shares morphological and physiological characteristics typical of the species. It is one of a very small number of strains of H. neapolitanus described to date, and the first to be isolated from an ancient sulfide-rich natural spa. (c) 2005 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	T Technology > TP Chemical technology Q Science > QR Microbiology
Journal or Publication Title:	SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
Publisher:	URBAN & FISCHER VERLAG
ISSN:	0723-2020
Date:	October 2005
Volume:	28
Number:	8
Number of Pages:	3
Page Range:	pp. 746-748
Identification Number:	10.1016/j.syapm.2005.05.013
Publication Status:	Published
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/34395

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