A simple medium modification for isolation, growth and enumeration of Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans (syn. Thiobacillus thiooxidans) from water samples.

Keto acids as growth-limiting factors in autotrophic growth of Thiobacillus thiooxidans.

When the strictly autotrophic bacterium Thiobacillus thiooxidans was grown on sulfur, keto acids accumulated in the medium until they reached an inhibitory level at which growth ceased. Much greater growth was possible if these substances were continually dialyzed out of the medium.

The role of bacteria in the formation of acid from certain sulfuritic constituents associated with bituminous coal. I. Thiobacillus thiooxidans.

I This contribution is one of a series of papers by the Multiple Fellowship on Mine Acid Control sustained at Mellon Institute by the Sanitary Water Board, Department of Health, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. catalyst. Indeed, Carpeniter and Heirndon (1933) suggested that bacterial activity by some sulfur oxidizing organism might explain, in part, the high acidities usually encountered in bitumi...

A Proposed Biochemical Protocol to Isolate and Characterize Acidophilic Bacteria from Tailings Soil

Indigenous acidophilic bacteria separated from mine-waste can be used in return for the addition of the reagents like sulfuric acid. Among the tailings bacteria, Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans are of the most-studied ones for the bioleaching and bioremediation of elements. In this work, the isolation and characterization of the mentioned bacteria are studied by...

Optimal production of sulphuric acid by Thiobacillus thiooxidans using response surface methodology

Response surface methodology was applied to determine the optimal medium composition for sulphuric acid production by an indigenous Thiobacillus thiooxidans. With a view to reducing the number of experiments and obtaining the mutual interactions between the variables, a 24 full-factorial central composite design was employed for experimental design and analysis of the results. Four independent ...

Comparison on the removal of hydrogen sulfide in biotrickling filters inoculated with Thiobacillus thioparus and Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans