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Lithotrophic microorganisms of the oxidative cycles of sulfur and iron

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The review deals with sulfur bacteria (the first chemolithotrophs ever studied) and with the acidophilic bacteria of sulfur and iron cycles which were investigated as a result of Winogradsky’s discovery. The diversity of these organisms and the factors and mechanism of its origin are emphasized; their metabolic functions and nutritional regulation are discussed.

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Karavaiko, G.I., Dubinina, G.A. & Kondrat’eva, T.F. Lithotrophic microorganisms of the oxidative cycles of sulfur and iron. Microbiology 75, 512–545 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S002626170605002X

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