Progress in Elimination of Elemental Sulfur by the Acidophilic Sulfur-oxidizing Bacteria
- VernacularTitle:嗜酸硫氧化细菌消解元素硫的研究进展
- Author:
Jin-Lan XIA
;
Cheng-Gui ZHANG
;
An-An PENG
;
Huan HE
;
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Acidophilic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria Sulfur oxidation Attachment Sulfur dioxygenase
- From:
China Biotechnology
2006;0(09):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Metal sulfides are chemically attacked by Fe~ 3+ and H~+, resulting in the formation of elemental sulfur via polysulfides or thiosulfate pathway. Elemental sulfur may aggregate and even form a layer on the metal sulfide surface, which will inhibit leaching metals from the sulfides minerals. Elimination of inert elemental sulfur in a typical acidic environment can exclusively be by way of oxidation of acidophilic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria, such a way includes the attachment, transport and oxidation process of elemental sulfur by acidophilic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria. On the basis of analysis on the pertinent researches, the molecular mechanism of sulfur elimination by the acidophilic bacteria is far away from elucidated, and to attain that target, there are still much work to be done for elucidating the molecular mechanism on the attachment, transport and oxidation process of elemental sulfur by the acidophilic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria.
