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Oxidation of Elemental Sulfur to Sulfite by Thiobacillus thiooxidans Cells

Isamu Suzuki, C. W. Chan, Travis L. Takeuchi

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Thiobacillus thiooxidans cells oxidized elemental sulfur to sulfite, with 1 mol of O(2) consumption per mol of sulfur oxidized to sulfite, when the oxidation of sulfite was inhibited with 2-n-heptyl-4-hydroxyquinoline N-oxide.

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Thiobacillus thiooxidans cells oxidized elemental sulfur to sulfite, with 1 mol of O(2) consumption per mol of sulfur oxidized to sulfite, when the oxidation of sulfite was inhibited with 2-n-heptyl-4-hydroxyquinoline N-oxide.

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Thiobacillus thiooxidans cells oxidized elemental sulfur to sulfite, with 1 mol of O(2) consumption per mol of sulfur oxidized to sulfite, when the oxidation of sulfite was inhibited with 2-n-heptyl-4-hydroxyquinoline N-oxide.

Key concepts: Thiobacillus, Sulfur, Sulfite, Chemistry, Thiosulfate, Inorganic chemistry, Nuclear chemistry, Environmental chemistry

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