HYDROGENOBACTER-THERMOPHILUS - ITS UNUSUAL PHYSIOLOGICAL-PROPERTIES AND PHYLOGENIC POSITION IN THE MICROBIAL WORLD

被引:5
作者
IGARASHI, Y
KODAMA, T
机构
[1] Department of Agricultural Chemistry, University of Tokyo, Tokyo
关键词
HYDROGENOBACTER-THERMOPHILUS; OBLIGATE CHEMOLITHOTROPH; REDUCTIVE TCA CYCLE; METHIONAQUINONE; HYDROGENASE; CYTOCHROME-C;
D O I
10.1016/0378-1097(90)90486-A
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Hydrogenobacter thermophilus (IAM12695) is an obligately autotrophic, thermophilic and aerobic hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium. Chemotaxonomic studies revealed various unusual features of this microorganism. H. thermophilus operates a reductive TCA cycle, which is the only confirmed example of the operation of non-Calvin type carbon dioxide fixation pathway among aerobic organisms. Isolation of strains similar to Hydrogenobacter from different areas suggests a possible role of these microorganisms as primary producers of organic compounds from carbon dioxide in geothermal and/or aquatic environments.
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页码:403 / 406
页数:4
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